A Big Airplane Crashed Into the Earth. I read Soyinka’s first collection of prison poems sometime in 2009. Categorically, I need not ‘push dumbfoundment to beg simplification; I hate a wasted talk—I am African’.That professor, I thought his poetry came off as jagged as his hair. But I too was, in admiration and near-fanaticism, curious—… Continue reading THE LENIENT POEM AND SUBTLE MEANING (an analysis by Oludipe Oyin Samuel)
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EPIDERMIS by Efe Ogufere
Beneath your skin, Dark and lovely connubial vials Hold ancient songs buried in liquid deep A serenade in the Serengeti A sunrise on distant hills Shedding light on black and white A myriad of hopes drown in murky waters As my soul holds yours against the tides We are the color on our skin, they… Continue reading EPIDERMIS by Efe Ogufere
POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you’ll dive When you resurface your bearing is lost. Slow and steady is the race of life Never look back ‘cos it’s lost and gone When you meet setbacks, make a dive Bypass… Continue reading POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
NO POETRY by Efe Ogufere
No Poetry could… Describe the beads of sweat, That form rivulets on Lamy’s back like dew. Explain how joy overflows In tears from eyes that have held sadness. Fathom how a beating heart Fragile in its beat holds promise of tomorrow. Describe how the waking sun Rises from the east and paints the fields crimson… Continue reading NO POETRY by Efe Ogufere
THE BLOCK by Ademigbuji Aishat
Come to me. I want you to come to me I’ve got a new pen and a blank sheet But you’re not coming Please come to me You not coming would shatter me to piece Please come to me for I’ve dreamt of you I’ve dreamt of how I took me to places I’ve dreamt… Continue reading THE BLOCK by Ademigbuji Aishat
I AM NOT A POET by Tukur Ridwan Ishola
is it because i steal slates off tales scribbled by scribes of ages not stale which drew them to the world as sages; and i claimed what they owned only to be known and renowned as a one from their homes, that you now call me a poet? . if i am a poet, why… Continue reading I AM NOT A POET by Tukur Ridwan Ishola
I HAVE STOPPED WRITING by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
Writers don’t die, they live eternal Poets too are prophets, whose words are hefty Three thousand years, and I’ll still be here So open your ears, and take heed to what you hear For till then, I have stopped writing. On that day, there shall be shakings And these words, flesh shall become, to dwell… Continue reading I HAVE STOPPED WRITING by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
PEN AND PAGES by Benjamin Anabaraonye
Pen and pages man’s mind engages deeply in thoughts….. great words are brought. Pen and pages good writing encourages young and old,men and women for there’s power in the pen. Pen and pages as life goes through its stages great words inspire great works great words by men of great worth. Pen and pages a… Continue reading PEN AND PAGES by Benjamin Anabaraonye
POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR
Eriata Oribhabor is a poet and frontline promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin currently being standardised as Naija languej. Writing in the languej, he authored; “Abuja na kpangba and Oda puem-dem (2011), edited, “IF YU HIE SE A DE PRIZIN” (poems) and “AMEBO YAD” (collection of plays).… Continue reading POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR
RHYTHMIC WAVES by Jesse Asonze
Heartbeats fluctuating like tandem Pulsating in sync with attached electrocardiograms Eyelids fluttering in short bursts of reflexes All culminating in rhythm and poetry Sinners occupied by wicked acts Homosexuals impaling themselves with phallic rudiments Mercilessly pummeling their rectums Deny it not, amplitude is observed Runners taking strides towards victory Pendulums oscillating back and forth Sounds… Continue reading RHYTHMIC WAVES by Jesse Asonze