TENIOLA by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
The beads around her waist; Tastes of sweetness on tongues, Sitting majestically on a throne, A throne of two seats. . Eyes saw and went sore, Hand wished and always...
AFRIKA THE SLEEPING GIANT by Ololade Akinlabi
Far from home..... Beyond the sea is where we reside Where shivering usher out Our glowing teeth not to smile But to beckon to the frigid weather Our complexion is...
TOMATO RHYMES by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
Once upon a long-gone time I was as common as a lazy rhyme And cheaper than fresh thyme Today I am a gold bar My price makes people go "ha!"...
TILL TOMOROW DIES by Ololade Akinlabi
Our long awaited table refuses to turn, In starvation we rejoice in impoverishment we smile, smile our tinted teeth-a slogan for poverty. Hope, no longer in our anthem Children,recite dirge...
ALMAJIRI’S LOGO by Abdulbasit Abubakar Adamu
Palms outstretched That's the Almajiri's logo Like a bird in dismay You see him here and there Looking for alms or a fair food to feed on and clothes to...
POVERTY by Ololade Akinlabi
Yesterday was a dream Today is reality Tomorrow is a drab vision Our territory can no longer hold Our households dance in penniless dance, backward, towards the red moses sea....
PETTY-ROLL by Oki Kehinde Julius
hungry kegs goes unfilled at a fast food where pump splashes fluid. barrel starved to fast the length of ramadan after jew's wednesday had been burnt into ashes. . angry...
REFUGEES by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
How are we going to maintain him? For where we go, food is absent How are we to sustain him? For where we go, food is absent. . Our little...
WELCOME TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH by Lekan Malik
Welcome to Sodom and Gomorrah Where no iniquities are unleashed from purdah. In this place, sinners are no sinners Rather, merriment is made by the praise singers. Our leaders sit...
SOLDIERS OF THE STREET by Ebuka Wiz Godwin
These barracks don’t favor civilians It’s for the un-blooded We don’t remember our mortality off-hand So we face guns and bombs empty handed The armory is our heart And the...