Throw JOS some black lit candles. Again we write more chapters in our ‘book of bloods’ with the narratives, an heritage for distant tongues to tell whose skins are unpeeled by cowry demons, but bruised as Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Kaduna, Zamfara,… and more to come. I hear that there is no justice in the… Continue reading PLATEAU BLEEDS by Victor Igiri
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AVENGERS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
I look at the man screaming at my feet, my prisoner, grinning as he groans. You might wonder why he groans. He is simply in pain. I have just chopped off his legs. His hands will be next. Before the chopping, I purged the evil out of him with my late mother’s pestle. He is… Continue reading AVENGERS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
JOS, THE CITY OF ROCKS: by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
Looking for nature at its best? Come to the city of rocks Feel its soothing breeze As it caresses your skin Nestled between hills It gives beautiful scenery The sound of her waterfalls Reminds me of the Victoria Falls Its lush vegetation With a temperate weather Friendly people Make you feel at home This is… Continue reading JOS, THE CITY OF ROCKS: by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN
Vomit your silence Into a bucket full of tears Tears for sons Suns who presently absent Once shined the dreams of their mothers. Mothered by now murdered mothers, These girls are now mothering bastards Breast-feeding by genetic compulsion The stained innocence born of violent sowing. I will not discuss you, bookman And tell how your… Continue reading STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN
SMASHED!
On this cold day The golden light turned blood Our land halted The leaders of tomorrow, gone! Oh death, this misty morning You come with fury and lusty mourning You slap our children and left; They went only for road walk You led them to dead work Turned them to pieces of blood They went… Continue reading SMASHED!
THE ROAD TO JOS
Kaduna is not too far from Niger, knobby trees and rotund reefs bind them. Kaduna is not far from Abuja at all, a beauteous shuttle on vitreous miles. But the road to Jos is an ancient path, traceable to the throne, which God planned to craft but Devil resolved to mar: God being a connoisseur,… Continue reading THE ROAD TO JOS
JOSTIFIED
I knew you back in the day; You were a haven for tourists The nation’s epitome of beauty The celebration of culture and values, And did all not love you? Who touched the tiger’s tail? That You now boil like lava!? Mothers search for suckling children, Fathers seek abducted daughters; All live in fear, danger… Continue reading JOSTIFIED
SILENCE OF THE SOUL
Sky turns dull swiftly, stars fade into bleak space, wind airs arid breeze, nature, despondent, cries. Ache sweeps me off joy and happiness resents even my sight. Forlorn in this stormy conflict, I long for showers of delight. Lost on the path of love I prowl among victims seeking sanctuary. My heart weeps in despair… Continue reading SILENCE OF THE SOUL