WAILING HEART by Saidu Mark Jatau
I waited all through the dayday, But saw the Moon fading past the night. I waited still in the rain, To see you come home to me with a smile....
HEARING VOICE by El Sane Ken Silencer
A time… I hear the voice Of an old friend, calling Of an old life, luring. A time of sages Painting and reminding Me of the old garage Where we...
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...
HUMANITY by Joseph Omojuwa
Humanity! Your friends are your foes. I have witnessed the love that you share, Not just the price to redeem their woes, But you have built shelter for our heads....
HEARTFELT by Abeeb Bin As-Sodiq
Heard of a matter within me prowls? Such jolly maid with celestial phiz Twain-fair as Elysium's walls Of dearly beauty thrice natural blest That soothe all eye-ills 'pon gazing; Its...
BREAD AND BUTTER by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
Never had it ever been heard That crab and scorpion lived under one roof But you say let’s call a spade a spade Same flesh we wear, same image so...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 3: THE SILENT OBSERVER by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, Dawn met her again on her rickety stool. Her eyes had seen what her mouth would always whisper; Was it Ashake's adoption (Aye! That was her name - The...
MELODIES OF A SWAIN by Kingsley Charles
Rumbling skies, shattering hearts, Raging tempests, falling beeches. A veil of near-gloom cast Over a rain-sodden earth. Now is the reign of the elements. March winds, May flowers, June showers....
CARRION FOR THE GODS 4 (Finale): PROPHECY REBOUNDS by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, The booming voice of the silent gods, Their will has been enacted; Sacrifice was made in flesh, blood And Ashake's Maidenhead. Alade threw a huge tantrum But the gods...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 2: A TRAVELLER’S TRAVAIL by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Time stretched like acres of farmland And the North star soon lost its twinkle. The dews dropped like soaked balls of fluffy cotton, The day was unproductive like the other....