FATE AND I
[caption id="attachment_1399" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fate And I[/caption] I caught Fate Scribbling on my parchment And watched her pencil dance Out the words 'Gloom'. So I came at her With an...
HEAL OUR LAND (by Moses Opara)
[caption id="attachment_1395" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Heal Our Land[/caption] On wheels of broken legs, our land now crawls A million times backward in abject corruption, in ignorance! Hoodlums of ignorance, sharing our...
UKAMAKA (for Olisakwe Ukamaka Evelyn on her birthday)
[caption id="attachment_1389" align="aligncenter" width="270"] Ukamaka[/caption] Ukamaka, We whisper your name and wonder If it's meaning Would justify this rumbling thunder? You are the slender sugarcane Swaying with grace In the...
ORPHANS (for the victims of war by Erayan Daniel)
[caption id="attachment_1379" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Orphans Of War[/caption] Our lives, You tore like a paper sheet. Our parents, You murdered in a heartbeat. We hoped To take our dreams higher. Along...
HOLD ON, GREAT NATION (by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale)
[caption id="attachment_1374" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hold On Great Nation![/caption] Great Nation, where is your pride, For I see you have gone to hide? Your woes are no longer hidden They’ve left...
THAT HOLE
[caption id="attachment_1369" align="aligncenter" width="270"] That Hole[/caption] That hole inside, Dug by the shovels of the mind... That dark brightness Where the eyes cannot see... That emptiness, yet filled With fears...
TEARS FOR THE DEAD
[caption id="attachment_1361" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tears For The Dead[/caption]My face is wet and I know not yet whether it is rain or tearsMy heart beats with spasmodic feats.Is it anticipation or...
CRY OF A FATHERLESS SON (still on Aluu by Princess Okolie)
[caption id="attachment_1344" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cry Of The Fatherless[/caption] Now on my way home to my Father. I cried out for help, dear mother. Although the door to your heart was...
IF YOU SHALL BE FREE
[caption id="attachment_1349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] If You Shall Be Free[/caption] Let your yes be yes And you’ll live many years. Not just the number of your days But the sureness of...
SO NOW YOU CALL ME NAMES! (of politics, love and life by Jonathan Ezeanochie)
[caption id="attachment_1339" align="aligncenter" width="300"] So Now You Call Me Names![/caption] So now you call me names And reckon me among the lame, That our people cannot tame? So now you...