PORNOGRAPHY by Olawale Ibiyemi
We want to watch our mothers Clamber the hills of ecstasy And briskly touch ourselves in pursuit. The father without shame pummels His daughter with the rod Not meant for...
BACK IN THIS PLACE by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
I’m back in this place where the moon rejoices at the hearing of melodious lullabies sung into the cranium of crying babies who are stuck to mother’s backs at the...
PRAY FOR ME FATHER by Ojembe Victor
Pray for me father Pray for me father, I killed IT. Killed the tiny heart dancing to life’s beats, Strangled in pain and rage. ITS tears flooding my bowel, Drowning...
THE FATHER’S SON by Jeremiah Abaire
I have a father A father and friend; the best ever Who cares for me, even in my blunder He strengthens me to get stronger He motivates me to get...
MOOD OF PRAYER by Cletus Nnaemeka
Reminiscing Could remember those days We prayed in wonderful ways What a wonderful thing! That voice.."let's pray", "girls get your hair ties" "everyone, close your eyes". It was actually time...
I REMEMBER DENNIS by Chukwudi Udoye Eternal
It rained that Sunday afternoon It rained heavy on my heart Flooded with confusion And a lot of questions That hasn't been answered Up till this very day. I remember...
THE WOMAN by Saidu Mark Jatau
If I was a girl, Would I agree to be schooled only to graduate and be wooed, worked and have pay, and be chained by a ring in the name...
GAIA by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
It's been years now I was given form Mother's labour produced me I came from underneath mother's skirt Where oblivion was all I knew I have seen mother open up...
MELODIES OF A SWAIN by Kingsley Charles
Rumbling skies, shattering hearts, Raging tempests, falling beeches. A veil of near-gloom cast Over a rain-sodden earth. Now is the reign of the elements. March winds, May flowers, June showers....
ABIKU by Abdulsalam Jamiu B
You abiku ! Why do you come and go? Go! And bother no more my soul. Your ghost was here, Before I could pen your image, You blow off my...