A NEW INDEPENDENCE by Jesse Asonze
Sullen expressions upheld by facial muscles Of heroes past Zik, Awo, Tafa and their brethren under one communion Unhappy in their colonity* Rose with a vengeance To agitate and initiate...
COME OUR NIGERIA 2020 by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Then our darkness Shall turn a day bright Our worries a story Our paths shall Make the way for Kings. The radiance of that hue We shall see like shining...
DADDY’S TALE by Ojembe Victor
Daddy’s tale They cry for a future They never tried planning We canvas for a secluded state With hands at akimbo Our fathers knew what they saw With their head...
SEND US THE FEAR OF OLDS by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Help this Nation oh! Beyond Free this city For the wicked trampled on the just That those who lost their daughters May find them If that is not a deception....
REDEMPTION by Chinemerem Ikeogu
A solemn pledge A vow to break every hedge To smash the fetters that have restrained our progress To loosen the shackles that have made us grow less To halt...
AND NIGERIA BEGAT BIAFRA by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
With this stetho I hear her cry, with these eyes I see her kicks, her mother cries in labour, her birth is imminent who can hold it back? And the...
AM I A WITCH? (part 1)
It is very important for me to know the answer to the question “Am I a witch?”. Many people have accused me of a craft I only see in films...
HARD JUNE by Nnamdi Amasiatu
June, the sixth month of the year A month of steady reminiscence Of the already going new year Unmasking a surge of renewed hope But alas you look blue Wearing...
3RS IN NIGERIA by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
We will Rise against Rice For the Rice is no Right Rice West, Rice South Rise South, Rise West We will Rise against Rice. In a Rice Nation Rice excluding...
I SLEPT WITH HER by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
On a day when the breeze seems lost, Roaming the streets, disturbing the trees, The rain came in search for the lost, That night... I slept with her. . I...