HARD JUNE by Nnamdi Amasiatu
June, the sixth month of the year A month of steady reminiscence Of the already going new year Unmasking a surge of renewed hope But alas you look blue Wearing...
3RS IN NIGERIA by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
We will Rise against Rice For the Rice is no Right Rice West, Rice South Rise South, Rise West We will Rise against Rice. In a Rice Nation Rice excluding...
CITY OF OWLS by Efe Ogufere
Despair… A parliament divided, the nation in flight When death came in hoots, we stepped aside. A mother laughs when her tears are spent Blood and smoke creates a perfect...
I SLEPT WITH HER by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
On a day when the breeze seems lost, Roaming the streets, disturbing the trees, The rain came in search for the lost, That night... I slept with her. . I...
NEO-COLOMENTAL by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
And the gods came Making three mountains one Striping the hood naked In the name of clothing Crudity in the name refining And the gods left For the godsons Neo-colomental...
WHAT DO YOU SEE by Jerry Joel
I see brothers building borders and breaking brotherly bonds. Leaders instigating conflicts while looting public funds. Battle chants brewing from a distance. Is war inevitable? or are there plans, To...
OKIGBO SENT WORDS by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
Okigbo sent words to your majesty From the royal clan of Igbo Kwenu of the world yonder We seek change and not amnesty I, Okigbo sent these words. Concentration leaks...
OUR LEAD-ASS by Amore David Olamide
We are a sea drifting like hurricane wavy enough to storm the city for the ache... for the melancholy of political jiggery-pokery and dubious cherished etiquette of leader's dishonesty... we...
CHANGE OR CHAINS? by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
What did you hear When they mounted the stage of yesterday To declare their promises on air? Was it change or chains? Maybe the lies of yesteryears Have deposited wax...
WE SMELL LIES, WE SELL TRUTH by Oloyede Joshua Adekunle
Family favours favouritism Mothers' favourites,sons Fathers'apple eyes,daughters We smell lies Lies' tie tied around our cords Teachers teaching cheat Cheat cheating teachers Corruption crisis Broken walls falling We smell lies...