PASSENGERS, TRAVELLERS by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Every passengers looking nice. As we travel by the way There were rights and wrongs response Every passengers with a choice We are journeying; going. The paunchy-Tommy man in the...
DO NOT LET IT by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
There's always something to wreck your day, something obstructive to mar your way, a thought to change blue skies to grey, If you let it. There's always something to spoil...
A SONG OF DESPAIR by Efe Ogufere
Echo remains where... Hearts used to beat Laughter filled the air Songs had wings Skies had rainbows Rivers held fish Mountains stood proud Trees danced a tune Winds blew the...
SLEEPING DOG by Morenikeji Oloye
You awoke in me what was best left unawoken, and it rose like a somnambulist to its doom - where you led! It's fully awake, recovered and in a thorough...
LET ME THROUGH by Olutosin Ayodeji
Let me through the weary times When the wind will push the day When the night will cloud my tears When my lips will kiss again Let me through the...
THE DAY HOPE DIED by Omotayo Awoyemi
The day Hope died, It died on the street, it was speared by the thorns of roses. It's soul ascended with the scent of the bloom To the dreaded gate...
IN LIFE by Eseohe Ebhota Akoma
People who are unkind; Always hit from behind; Don’t be blind; Otherwise you will be undermined. Expectations sadden us Loneliness drives us mad Victories gladden our hearts Evil thoughts make...
FOR AN UNSUNG HEROINE by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
for Lois .I. Alawonde, a multi-talented teen, who died of an unknown sickness, on the 11th of September, 2012. I write this as a song, for an heroine, unsung. She...
BLESSING LIKE A CURSE by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
my blessing came like a curse bitter, ugly, sharp and coarse it beat me down into the dust until i turned into stardust — Kukogho Iruesiri Samson [caption id="attachment_21623" align="aligncenter"...
LOST DREAMER by Stephen Onawale
I bring to you words from the distant land, a world you once knew, from the land of immense possibilities. A world where fear is vanquished and fish fly in...