WHAT IF by Joseph Omojuwa
misplacement was better off displacement? For you, are a master indeed, A very partial master, abrupt, rude and a coward! Otherwise, should you provide shelter with no food? Or Cover...
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;...
OGUN OMODE by Olùwá Olámípòsi Omóyelé
ogun omode ki i se ere fun ogun odun', Oro yeye ni eyi si mi. Mo se iranti awon elegbe mi lati ikoko- Ebi, aini ati adanu. Orin ebi inu...
ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne
Mè é ónógbó òbiébi Òmègbé óvi é ásó. Èkwè gbè rèdè ewiè mè è unè érosé Kó ótó è riè. Àkpómè è èkakó ó ka kpènu Ò ka wiè bèdè...
WORDS SAY NO MORE by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
I am here and there you are In gestures my hands stretched yet touch you not And loads are there to infer to you And I spoke mildly, noisily and...
PSITTACISME by Joseph Omojuwa
Life, Vanity upon vanity! Counting countless countable, Of memories memorized for memories Bathing bateless battle, Of agonies, agonized from agony Deepening dripless depth, Of sanity, sanitized for sanctity Patching pathless...
LIFE AND DEATH by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
When I have traveled far into the world's deserts, When I have seen what is meant for the eye and heard what is meant for the ear, When my bones...
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...
SAYING GOODBYE by Olabusayo Ajayi Hammed
i Goodbyes are doors That leads to nirvana Or another squinched door Where painted memories sync To the breath nights breathes Inside Colossal flashbacks: Gory reminiscence, of extrinsic feelings, Of...