WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)
[caption id="attachment_1219" align="aligncenter" width="300"] We Are In Trouble![/caption] We are in trouble! The times are hard on us. We are like the woman Groaning in labor pains But, this birth,...
GOD IS MY STRENGHTH
[caption id="attachment_1214" align="aligncenter" width="300"] God Is My Strength[/caption] Where many feet stumble Unsure where they go; Where several lips grumble And bitterness of hearts show My feet will walk sure. For...
RAPIST (on rape by Jack Vince)
[caption id="attachment_1206" align="aligncenter" width="230"] Rapist![/caption] Rapist! If only you are civil, Your love advance wont be evil! Her consent can make it pleasure, Why make it under pressure? meet the...
…ON SUICIDE MISSION (after the flood by Princess Okolie)
[caption id="attachment_1184" align="aligncenter" width="300"] ...On Suicide Mission[/caption] The farmers went a-borrowing, Nature dealt a stroke so harrowing. They sweated long to plant this season, But strong floods came and swept...
WO(MAN)NED (by Estrella Gada)
[caption id="attachment_1189" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Wo(MAN)ned[/caption] Untilled land is what I am A Virgin land stretching far beyond the borders; Thorns have found their home in me, Roots dig deep into...
THERE’S CRICKET IN THE SAND (by Torty Abasi Tortivie)
[caption id="attachment_1178" align="aligncenter" width="300"] There's Cricket In The Sand[/caption] There is cricket in the sand Summoning the children in excited bands On our January silvery shores We enact again our...
IS THIS THE FEELING?
[caption id="attachment_1198" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Is This The Feeling?[/caption] Is this the feeling? Heart yearning For what is not, Action and thought Ruled by one And one alone? My breath is...
IVETA! (for Iveta Lemo)
[caption id="attachment_1165" align="aligncenter" width="242"] Iveta[/caption] Iveta! Slender stalk, swaying like sugarcane stalk Dancing at the bidding of the wooing breeze, I see you and I pause in my evening walk...
WHEN WE WAR…
[caption id="attachment_1160" align="aligncenter" width="300"] When We War...[/caption] Drums of war again!? Guns, — spitting— Every breath is gone... Widows, — teary — Looking out of windows... Daughters, — weak— Lamenting...
LOVERS’ DESIRE (by Chukwunonso Ogum Jojo)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="284"] Lover's Desire[/caption] Baby, Under the trance Of summer night, When dreams of the night come, I, Shall hug your tender body With love And quench The...