Held bound, Captive to fate, Helpless with no sound, Closed up by the gate, No one to set me free… Locked up in chains, Bated in pains, Took all my gains, Leaving me no remains, And no one to set me free… Shattered my emotions, Battered my dreams, Scattered my hopes, Damaged my self-esteem, And… Continue reading SET ME FREE… by Isaiah Fada
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SHADOWS ON HIS WALL by Ojembe Victor
The figure on his bright walls cries for help The muted screams of a girl, Sit beneath her bowels The fast grinding of his waist, creating a bitter-sweet cascade, of pleasure and pain The dried tears on her bruised face, sat like maps to find hell The shadow on his walls shows a damsel singing… Continue reading SHADOWS ON HIS WALL by Ojembe Victor
LEFT BEHIND by Morenikeji Oloye
I walked away, with thoughts that I really could. Not that I did not love her like a man should – In fact, for her, I would catch a grenade, But her love was not even a convincing charade. I’m tired; being the puppet and her, my “madam”, I’m sick of being the inferior in… Continue reading LEFT BEHIND by Morenikeji Oloye
HOMELY DOOM by Joshua Levites
Comfort me With contumelies And let your smiles make me numb To the pains you breed. Caress me With thorns on your palms And let your defensive pleas Beautify my ugly scars Kiss me With the mightiness of your fists, And let the hour of thrusts humble you To the foolishness of flattery. Though your… Continue reading HOMELY DOOM by Joshua Levites
WHO ARE ITS VICTIMS by Ngovou Gyang
I just came out of surgery I’ve got just one eye now because of his battery He used the baseball bat on my head And tossed the flower vase on my stomach I lost the child I got another surgery tomorrow He’s been by my side, he says he loves me And I think I… Continue reading WHO ARE ITS VICTIMS by Ngovou Gyang
MUCUS OF REASON by Oluwatoyosi Agbaakin
He must have wiped the mucus of reason- a pus from his brain the night he saw her body swollen, ready to be poked by his fleshy pincers How couldn’t he know that her meat is the only food he was forbidden from eating. but the demons in his groins ashore, swam viciously across hormones.… Continue reading MUCUS OF REASON by Oluwatoyosi Agbaakin
MRS. WOOBAG by Andrew Ifeatu Jennifer
Call her Woobag! He wooed her to make her a bag Whose mouth has been gagged A slum bag filled with punches Wearied with abuses in bunches Despised punching bag! Lengthy love letters turned assassination letters Man-handled by the man who gave her love’s handle Love remains blind till it gains sight Woobag’s face tells… Continue reading MRS. WOOBAG by Andrew Ifeatu Jennifer
SOMEDAY YOU’LL KNOW by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
No one can hear the shrill sounds she heaves daily on the walls surrounding her. Cries mashed up in the silence of hearts, stone deaf to the vanity of halves. Or you think, she be the serpent, bearing the cross of atonement as every reneging servant fate-locked to silence for repent from errors owned in… Continue reading SOMEDAY YOU’LL KNOW by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
COUNTABLE STARS by Ebuka Wiz Godwin
I tried counting the stars, several nights I stayed up One, two, three, four I lost count, didn’t know which I had counted or not May be they disappear, may be they split, may be they run Its as futile as having fire flies light a cord But there are countable stars; Like the one… Continue reading COUNTABLE STARS by Ebuka Wiz Godwin
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don’t chain me down with your words Don’t hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw into the shell You have caved me in Don’t look me over And spit your malevolent decibels When you are caught like a child With… Continue reading Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran