WaZoBia NUTS (a Nigerian Satire)
[caption id="attachment_925" align="aligncenter" width="300"] WaZoBia Nuts[/caption] You that say Nigeria is but a map And call that we knife out borders – No more sisters and brothers! Here I'll brew...
IS THERE A BETTER TOMORROW? (by Moses Opara)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="355"] Is There A Better Tomorrow?[/caption] Sometimes, Rejection makes us feel worthless. Like all efforts are wasted And all hope lost. Yet, we try harder! Face painted...
THESE TEARS I WEEP! (a lamentation for Nigeria by Linus Okechukwu)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="223"] These Tears I Weep[/caption] I. These tears I weep… I weep not for myself, But for what my eyes have seen, And what my ears in...
TALE OF TALES (a drifting nation at 52)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Tale of Tales[/caption] I know the tales of the past But which one is true, I do not know. ... They said the white ones came...
PRE-EXISTENCE (by Fr. Albert Jungers)
[caption id="attachment_880" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pre Existence[/caption] If I could be before myself Then I might never have been here… But the die was cast, without my help And so I...
WHEN INSPIRATION FLIES AWAY
[caption id="attachment_870" align="aligncenter" width="239"] When Inspiration Flies Away[/caption] The sun goes down, I sit with my pen In the darkness of my den. There in the pot is the ink,...
O, AFRICA! (a pun and African rigmarole by Alfred Marshal Offei)
[caption id="attachment_857" align="aligncenter" width="275"] O Africa![/caption] O Africa, can you hear me in Madagascar? It was the black scars that made me left Accra Passing through Dakar in my...
THE HORSES NEIGH (by Moses Opara on conquering fears)
[caption id="attachment_852" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Horse's Neigh[/caption] The wind whistles aloud, through my lane; Like shadows unseen it passes. And the fierce, busy clouds turn red But, brave, I stand...
IF….
[caption id="attachment_833" align="aligncenter" width="227"] If[/caption] If brightness the sun should ever lack And all the stars we see turn black… …Even if the moon refuses to shine And two o'clock...