BOY by Omotayo Awoyemi
Poor boy, Drowned in himself; In a lake of something familiar, he Drowned in hormones. A few strings to his thing, and Nightlong spell of Venus, He's fit to swim,...
BENEATH A MILLION ROSES OF PAIN by Oyelami Yetunde Elizabeth
Beneath a million rose of pain I'll find solace in our joy's gain I know my feelings cannot be vain I'll let my soul be uprightly sane So as not...
EPIDERMIS by Efe Ogufere
Beneath your skin, Dark and lovely connubial vials Hold ancient songs buried in liquid deep A serenade in the Serengeti A sunrise on distant hills Shedding light on black and...
LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Not the dead or lost, I revile That I lament and mourn sore; Neither regret him gone to exile, This sun I shall see no more; Do I cry for...
POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
THE WORLD IS A NUMBER by El Sane Ken Silencer
The world is a number to me, I see nothing in the ground except sand, when i look up, I see only the cloud- The sky... When the young die...
THE DEAD WE HOLD IN MEMORY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
The dead we hold in memory As today tells their story Our hearts and minds hear it again Reliving them in prayerful pain Under the shadow of earth’s drear Our...
IN THE COURSE OF THE SOUL REAPER’S VOYAGE by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba
No one recognizes him, Maybe his disguise eludes all. Slowly his ship, circumnavigates. Across the land of the living. Easily he locates his prey. Wielding his spiky fishing rod, That...
IS THERE LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Is there life beyond the grave Will there be a soul beyond this dust For the soul under the cave Your cost to whose care and crave. The fiery fates...
STRIFE AND LIFE by Jesse Asonze
Strife and life All these are rife A war of words marries no wife Brewing evil thoughts and greater strife But The truth shall arise When it shall arise And...