VOW by Aina O. Y
You and I made vow To be faithful and heartening with no deceit To share our hearts and mend our scars To walk through ills and dance through joy To...
A WOMAN SHOULD COOK by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
I sat there in my little, steamy kitchen Deaf to both tweeting and preaching As I stirred the porridge in my shiny pot “A wife should cook,” was all I...
MRS. WOOBAG by Andrew Ifeatu Jennifer
Call her Woobag! He wooed her to make her a bag Whose mouth has been gagged A slum bag filled with punches Wearied with abuses in bunches Despised punching bag!...
TENIOLA by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
The beads around her waist; Tastes of sweetness on tongues, Sitting majestically on a throne, A throne of two seats. . Eyes saw and went sore, Hand wished and always...
THE WOMAN by Saidu Mark Jatau
If I was a girl, Would I agree to be schooled only to graduate and be wooed, worked and have pay, and be chained by a ring in the name...
HIS MASK, HER MASK by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
he was wearing a mask when he walked up to her like one drunk on Cupid’s wine ‘twas a cute mask, so she said, “yes”… and Juliet fell for Iago...
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...
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....