I’M ALREADY GONE: Kay Ugwuzor
When I'm dead, Put my body in a metal box Throw it into the bottom of the sea So people would not come to see And pretend to mourn Who...
HERE I AM NOW: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
in due time, it will cum keep planting, it will come suck determination's nipple surely, it'll cum, with firm ripple i've crawled before eaten meals off the floor licked clean...
GUILTY: Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I have pointed, The accusing finger At the mouth of The mute mirror. Yes,I have thrown Cursing stony stones Into the silent marketplace Seeking out the heads of the guilty....
WHEN I’M DEAD: Covenanted Chimnonso
Prologue: Dear child, if you’re reading my biography Sometime in the near future, When I’m dead and dailies are eulogizing me, And you pick up this poem to read, Know...
AND THE CLOUDS RECEDED: Stanley Princewill McDaniels
And the clouds receded: Bit by bit it dissolves With the wind on the sky's pew; Spite the contraction of the beams, Sunset resolves The labour of man; after hours...
VANITY WROTE A SONNET!
After the bugle call War begins and great men fall After the trumpet sound Amidst bloodshed, bleeding dreams abound When the bugle sounds Then regal vultures are called to feasting...
THE NIGHTMARES VISITED ME TOO by Adeosun Pelumi
The gentle sigh of the night Lured me to sleep As i left behind the whispers Echoing through the voidness That suddenly surrounded me A hard descent, it was As...
LIVING FOSSIL
In our eyes, you're a white garment Laced with a green robe At your feet, our heart tingles We thought, you are why The birds sings; Their kingdom's bully Akoni,...
LEAVE ME BE
Liken me not unto another Nor place me on the standards of my brother Let me be the me I know That all my hidden faults may show Question not...