CYCLES WITHIN A CIRCLE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Today My muse sought a rupture A release from pent-up emotions And silent musing Life As seen from my myopic eyes Is a flash of cycles caught within a larger...
VANITY by Saidu Mark Jatau
They amassed wealth and goods, Refusing to share with those that have no food, And pride themselves in opulence, such fools! Now come and see them in their graves, With...
THE MIRROR, THE CAT by Joseph Omojuwa
I saw the cat sitting next to the grocery shop! Stationed strategically to suit attention of passersby. A cat once well fed, begging and crying for a 'raindrop', Appealing to...
RESPONDEO by Olusegun M. Lawal
Fools hallucinating in wonders. Thinking beyond what their strength can comprehend. Smiling to the breeze And as if the sky would summon them. Pick up your hoe lazy one. Draw...
LASSA FEVER by Isoboye Danagogo
Maybe before you will be reading this, I am far gone Humans,unbehalf of my race, accept my apologise. We are sorry Lassa fever The debt all rats pays A loan...
AT 4 A.M. by Kolawole Samuel Adebayo
Early in the morning, at 4 a.m., what do all men do? One is sleeping with spittle spilling from his mouth's corner. Another is lying in bed; the thoughts of...
IN THE END by Joseph Omojuwa
So everyone is present in this funeral, Dancing to a tune we never loved, Enjoying the meal but the music, Staring at the dark corridor of our lives, Everyone is...
AFRAID by Mfon Udoudo
Short droplets in motion I see Traversing the space of the seer Truncated by gasps of air So tiny it bruised my hair Perched on the wet clouds Bonded lips...
POETRY IS NOT… by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
poetry is not a petal it is a flower in bloom red rose, cocky bud thorns and leaves poetry is not a flower it is a garden in bloom bloody...
A SAILOR’S TALE : THE DRUNKEN POET by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
My head was set afire My mind swarm in muck My eyes twiced my vision And I saw for meself a maiden image She was to me heart As the...