STENCH IN THE NOSE OF GOD
[caption id="attachment_1301" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Stench In The Nose Of God[/caption] The murder of mother earth; shedding of blood Is but a breathing stench in the nose of God! Man against...
GRIM REAPER (by Ani Onyedikachi Michael Jr.)
[caption id="attachment_1276" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Grim Reaper[/caption] How wronged we thee, Grim Reaper? That thou failest not to reach yet deeper, Into our idyll chest of placid joy, To steal our...
I WEEP (a social lament by Signor Kanji De Gataua)
[caption id="attachment_1250" align="aligncenter" width="233"] I Weep[/caption] I weep season after season, my wails and sobs are heartbreaking, they rock my body and it shudders. I lament for the human race,...
WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)
[caption id="attachment_1219" align="aligncenter" width="300"] We Are In Trouble![/caption] We are in trouble! The times are hard on us. We are like the woman Groaning in labor pains But, this birth,...
RAPIST (on rape by Jack Vince)
[caption id="attachment_1206" align="aligncenter" width="230"] Rapist![/caption] Rapist! If only you are civil, Your love advance wont be evil! Her consent can make it pleasure, Why make it under pressure? meet the...
…ON SUICIDE MISSION (after the flood by Princess Okolie)
[caption id="attachment_1184" align="aligncenter" width="300"] ...On Suicide Mission[/caption] The farmers went a-borrowing, Nature dealt a stroke so harrowing. They sweated long to plant this season, But strong floods came and swept...
WO(MAN)NED (by Estrella Gada)
[caption id="attachment_1189" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Wo(MAN)ned[/caption] Untilled land is what I am A Virgin land stretching far beyond the borders; Thorns have found their home in me, Roots dig deep into...
WHEN WE WAR…
[caption id="attachment_1160" align="aligncenter" width="300"] When We War...[/caption] Drums of war again!? Guns, — spitting— Every breath is gone... Widows, — teary — Looking out of windows... Daughters, — weak— Lamenting...
BRING BACK THE PEACE
Its time to lay down swords And heal the sores With heartfelt words. ... Kill them, they are infidels, Kill them, one and all, Damned spiritual rebels! Alas! From the...
MY SAFARI 1 (by Ezebuike Temple)
[caption id="attachment_1130" align="aligncenter" width="300"] My Safari[/caption] With palm-oiled hands, I scribble this in the mud of anguish; my mouth, a dale to the water-fall of my colored tears. ... When I crossed the Niger Rubicon,...