MYSTERY by Uchenna Odukwu
Staring at the sky above As soft as the shadows I wonder if there is a place above Containing millions of souls, And a person greater And older than the...
ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne
Mè é ónógbó òbiébi Òmègbé óvi é ásó. Èkwè gbè rèdè ewiè mè è unè érosé Kó ótó è riè. Àkpómè è èkakó ó ka kpènu Ò ka wiè bèdè...
THE DAY DIED by Chukwuemeke Bright
Dead was the day The trees solemn Folded green leaves Drained, monumental effigy Dead was the day The wind, passage denied Billowed hell, dead billowed here Stench fuggated the day...
WORDS SAY NO MORE by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
I am here and there you are In gestures my hands stretched yet touch you not And loads are there to infer to you And I spoke mildly, noisily and...
BACK ON THE PITCH by Ogundairo Stephen Oluwaseyi
How long will it take my pen in recovery? To return back from injury, To give hope to it's fan, Lest, they grow weary and quench. The moon is full,...
THE DESECRATORS by Olusegun M. Lawal
If the taught might be moral The rain of heart would have beautify the gold nobody knows what to anticipate Thats what they are saying till they defile the land...
POETRY AND SIMPLICITY
[caption id="attachment_4165" align="aligncenter" width="310"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poetry And Simplicity][/caption]What is you take on poetry and simplicity? Should poetry be simple or should high sounding words, complexities be introduced? "Some people think...
UNDER THE TREE by Abdulbasit Abubakar Adamu
We used to live in the same street Our lines always crossed where two lovers meet Speaking to her today was the first As I spoke to her I felt...
NOSTALGIAS OF PAST AND PRESENT IN SODIQ ALABI’S THE TEXTURE OF AIR: A REVIEW
TITLE: THE TEXTURE OF AIR AUTHOR: SODIQ ALABI GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 58 PUBLISHER: Amab Publishing Ltd YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 ISBN: 978-978-53900-0-1 REVIEWER: Salamatu Sule Just exactly how...
STARVED BRAIN by Sule T Joshua
Give me some quiet my brain is starved I need cooked books to eat Gimme some liquid Of poems to drink I need to think I will grow fallow If no...