DIRTY CLOUDS
Their muse is there to always lament no-gory day? If not their dirty lovely date, then tis about lust to prevail. Their veins are always agile on the plane of...
CITY OF POVERTY
In the city of poverty The rich reign supreme They isolate themselves On the Island of arrogance The city of poverty Great city I love to hate There, living with...
FREEDOM IN NIGER KINGDOM
is this Independence or shackled pretence? is there really freedom in this Niger Kingdom? are we not yet slaves dying, falling into graves dug by the hands of those who...
POLITICIAN
You may be a politician who sells promises But never delivers the goods Using your country, for your benefit You are a leech sucking Life blood Deserving nothing but the...
WHAT WILL BECOME OF US
When heart crash like television screen, love fails like an Ebola patient's heart our lips no longer in each other locks what will become of us?? When we miss-understand us,...
THE gODS ARE NOT DRUNK
They spit out Unfulfilled promises With the name of the gods — They lie Sacrilege! Waning light, where lies your tomorrow? The gods are not drunk — They lie in...
CORRUPTION
As a pauper you crept into our cities And on you, many took pity Sheltered you and gave you food But now we all are taken to be fools You...
40 BLANK SKIES (Sestets by Nigerian Poets)
only conscious eyes can probe the skies only spheres with balls dare it's vastness a breathing body urges its eyes they look up in total blindness dead heart, blank eyeballs wiping...
I AM JUST BEING SARCASTIC
I forsee a Nigeria With solar powered, long lasting street lamps Blaring light upon the dark dank road that leads to Makoko. I for see a Nay-shun Where human rights...
MIRROR MIRROR, NIGERIA
Mirror, mirror, please tell me Which is the damnedest land of all Whose land is as rich as its people are poor Whose leaders, amongst thieves, stand bold, tall And...