ORENTE by Ogunkoya Oluwadamilare
I saw you, by the stream last night under the shimmering moonlight where life is beautiful and time full of passion. I hear it, the volume of your furtiveness things...
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don't chain me down with your words Don't hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw...
TWO LIPS ON LOVE’S UDDERS by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
— for Mrs Kukogho-to-be we may drift apart like boats in troubled seas when emotions’ hands hijack our rudders and, briefly, our journeys may cease… till our lips meet on...
THE LOVER’S PLEA by Bamas Sinach Victoria
Tears and Sadness marks my face as I stared into empty space I pondered if I have played my last ace as I prayed for God's Grace. As past emotions...
FRIENDSHIP by Awa Chigozie Jerome
Friendship Pride has fangs It can kill Humility hangs In there to heal Trust is a bridge You are either taken forward In times of siege Or into an emergency...
WHITE LIE by Paul Word
I hid under this robe of pretence And watched you slit me in tense, The dagger sunk in five feet deep I stood, watching my heart weep. Lies wrapped in...
YOU AND I by Ikirigo Sokari Jeremiah
Poverty or in riches Full or empty dishes Forever together Its you and I Strong or ill Or whatsoever still Forever together Its you and I Crushed or bruised Be...
STEAL ME AWAY by Abdulbasit Abubakar Wordsmith
The sight of her passing by, Is a delicious feast for my eyes, I am thrilled and mesmerised, When she is gone I am mortified, I long for a smile,...
STRANGER LOVER by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I vowed not to love. Bound love in a prison And stamped indifference On my bleating heart. I vowed never to care Because each time, Love struck a spear In...
WE WILL BOTH CROSS by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
we are foes. heaven knows. i ponder over here, you worry over there – there is a river in between. each of us must cross to win. bring your hammer,...