LET CAUTION MEET WISDOM
[caption id="attachment_1452" align="aligncenter" width="214"] Let Caution Meet Wisdom[/caption] In your heart's Yet darkened alleys, Let wisdom meet caution. It is the drops of rain, Soft and formless That gives the...
THE LAST QUEST (an excerpt, by Davids Ezimako)
[caption id="attachment_1447" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Last Quest[/caption] We are Nomads, the Ulysses of these spheres. To slay, to win, to leap through undying flames; That occupy our hourly cares. But...
THE TRUTH (by Miranda Ogboru)
[caption id="attachment_1426" align="aligncenter" width="224"] The Truth[/caption] Let go of your erroneous concepts And heed these words! Like the Northern star, The Truth is always constant, Absolute, unwavering, wholesome, unending! The...
SALLAH RHYMES (a comic relief)
[caption id="attachment_1431" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sallah Rhymes[/caption] Alhaji, that ram is not for you alone! I'm watching you, waiting! Don't let me change my pleading tone! ... I saw Musa and...
A SALLAH RAM’S TEARS (by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)
[caption id="attachment_1419" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Sallah Ram's Tears[/caption] I was held by throat And led To the slaughter slab, With a slap on my back! “Mee! Mee! Mee!” I cried...
I AM…!
[caption id="attachment_1415" align="aligncenter" width="257"] I Am...![/caption] i am the son of my mother the child of my father i am the creation of my creator an offspring of nature i...
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...
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...