ECHANTED by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
We heard the whispering song, Together with the beating gong. Its sound echoed through the reed The reed of an opening woodwind. In the greyness of isolated time The echo...
MYSTERY by Uchenna Odukwu
Staring at the sky above As soft as the shadows I wonder if there is a place above Containing millions of souls, And a person greater And older than the...
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...
HURDLES by Ezeokoye Vanessa Onyinye
Take a bow or dab.. The scrutiny of life seems bad Intertwined in webs of no choices Cornered with men of no faces. Life coruscates darkly With smeared feaces on...
DIARY OF A MAD LITTLE GIRL by Chimezie Anerobi
She cried, her tears were wet, Wriggling as she slithered, She was ready to dance. She laughed, her sounds were pain, Feeling sorry for her failing heart, She had held...
SILENT STORM by Hannatu Adamu
You can almost see it coming But often, you can only feel it It is evident in the pleading eyes The withered skin and the unkempt hair The bare feet;...
ODE TO LAUTECH by Samson Iroko
1. Before ages, we are like fire. Back then in the wild, we have the guts and nerves. But now, it's different with coded emblems. 2. We are known for...
ONE DAY… by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
I sit on this sick chair, Rolling dice upside down, Calculating disfigured figures, The answers, a sticky solution. The pin that pierced my sole, Made my hope to hop, Only...
A BEEF IN A PIE by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
I told my bills to come tomorow With poor tongues of faith, Will i be met tomorrow? My today is hanged on the tree of idleness. My lungs cries of...
THIS DREAM TALKS by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
Walk me, feed me! Bare, starved, stifled in this temple, I lay stagnant with abilities shrouded in vile expectations. Won’t find rest, in your resist, to walk me through a...