REDEMPTION by Chinemerem Ikeogu
A solemn pledge A vow to break every hedge To smash the fetters that have restrained our progress To loosen the shackles that have made us grow less To halt...
NOVEMBER by Jesse Asonze
Like a Phoenix Arisen out of ashes So is November Like the bloom Of daffodils The end of the year Is here again Ask then thyself Hope I spent not...
HARD JUNE by Nnamdi Amasiatu
June, the sixth month of the year A month of steady reminiscence Of the already going new year Unmasking a surge of renewed hope But alas you look blue Wearing...
I LONG TO BE LIKE THAT EAGLE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
I long to be like that Eagle To be lingered far above To soar beyond the sour here. Greatly-Winged with the wits of glory Is the Eagle. .. l long...
I WANT TO FLY by El Sane Ken Silencer
Endsville nature, the twinking of the sky sparkling, flippers in awe flipping... I want to fly, for my neck is tired of watching the sky and the awful cloud... I...
LAMENTS FOR WASTED DAYS by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
I feel this agony in my soul, the pain for a long lost goal. When I think back, through the years, I cannot but let the free flow of tears....
CITY OF OWLS by Efe Ogufere
Despair… A parliament divided, the nation in flight When death came in hoots, we stepped aside. A mother laughs when her tears are spent Blood and smoke creates a perfect...
DO NOT LET IT by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
There's always something to wreck your day, something obstructive to mar your way, a thought to change blue skies to grey, If you let it. There's always something to spoil...
WHO AM I? by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Who am I that you should keep me in mind? That you should demonstrate your might? From the dark dungeon full of dung, You drew me out with your arm...
THE DAY HOPE DIED by Omotayo Awoyemi
The day Hope died, It died on the street, it was speared by the thorns of roses. It's soul ascended with the scent of the bloom To the dreaded gate...