LOVERS WE WERE by Kelly Iyogun
Like dreams we met Too hard to believe but inseparable we were Arms cuddled together Your head nestled on my chest My fingers playing with your hair. In the moment...
DREAM LOVE by Saidu Mark Jatau
Last night I saw you wondering in my dream, My face light at every glance of you As it appears before me, I glee. Even though my eyes refuse to...
HIS MASK, HER MASK by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
he was wearing a mask when he walked up to her like one drunk on Cupid’s wine ‘twas a cute mask, so she said, “yes”… and Juliet fell for Iago...
WAILING HEART by Saidu Mark Jatau
I waited all through the dayday, But saw the Moon fading past the night. I waited still in the rain, To see you come home to me with a smile....
A NEW DIVIDE by Efe Ogufere
If i use filter on my broken heart Would you double click it on Instagram? Who replaced affections with emojis? Just let it go and hold on tight, she said....
MY LADY, MY MISTRESS by Adeosun Pelumi
Oh! How my sodden heart leaped when I saw her, She is mine and I would fight war III to keep her so But when the ambiance of her presence...
I WAITED FOR YOU by Gideon Abowha
I waited for you For the remaining years of my life It has poured rain and yet stopped The constellation has emanated and disappeared The sun has set and went...
THE LOVER’S PLEA by Bamas Sinach Victoria
Tears and Sadness marks my face as I stared into empty space I pondered if I have played my last ace as I prayed for God's Grace. As past emotions...
WHITE LIE by Paul Word
I hid under this robe of pretence And watched you slit me in tense, The dagger sunk in five feet deep I stood, watching my heart weep. Lies wrapped in...
THE POETRY OF A BROKEN STREET IV by Stanley Princewill McDaniels
so i sit here within forlorn walls drowning myself in a brown bottle of blue whiskey if you could see me, Treasure, you'd see a broken titanic sinking in my...