Hello Stranger, I look for you in every faceWhen I am walking, in a crowded hall, at the bus terminalI search for you in every smile, in every look, in every expressionIn my sleep, I search for you In the faceless characters of my dreamsEvery day I wonder if today is the day I will… Continue reading LETTER TO A STRANGER by Bamas Sinach VicToria
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ONCE UPON A TIME by Uchenna Odukwu
Once upon a time In a country I call mine There rose a broom party Fed by change clothed sympathy An entity of old wine in a new skin A unity of souls, so selfishly mean Cobbled together by a sole interest To grab the treasury’s crest They swore to fight corruption The… Continue reading ONCE UPON A TIME by Uchenna Odukwu
SCARS by Mayor Jake
My heart is pegged with scars. Each scar, telling different tales. Beautifully bitter scars looking like gars That are made to live within the dales. I don’t want to tell you the story Of how I got emotionally injured. Though it may sound and look gory, But I’m presently uninjured. I’ve placed myself behind the… Continue reading SCARS by Mayor Jake
WAITING FOR TOMORROW by Aisosa Omorodion
When the bride finally meets her groom All will be set to utilize the bedroom As it is the zenith of the bloom Yearning for another tomorrow promises Working restlessly to meet the processes Then child emerge to add spices, a huge successes Bachelors and spinters already clung to their blankets Lion is still frightened… Continue reading WAITING FOR TOMORROW by Aisosa Omorodion
LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Not the dead or lost, I revile That I lament and mourn sore; Neither regret him gone to exile, This sun I shall see no more; Do I cry for and show pities, I groan for the land and sea; Kingdoms, nations and great cities, In dirts, I spue and wallow as he; Overwhelmed by… Continue reading LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
THE WORLD IS A NUMBER by El Sane Ken Silencer
The world is a number to me, I see nothing in the ground except sand, when i look up, I see only the cloud- The sky… When the young die they ask ‘how old is he? married or single?’ when the old too same query to you ‘what did he achieve?’ The world is a… Continue reading THE WORLD IS A NUMBER by El Sane Ken Silencer
THE SECOND COMING by Joshua Levites
Before morning, there was moaning Smearing the innocence of the night, With two bodies entwined, To cause havoc Absent conscience, Absent worries, No thoughts, Just sounds, Gasps, And then snaps Coming together in harmony With shivering waists, Stiffened necks Determined legs, No regards to shame. The night just couldn’t wait. For the coming of the… Continue reading THE SECOND COMING by Joshua Levites
THE LAST OF SEASONS by Jesse Asonze
My inspiration is nowhere to be found I hear nothing, not an echo, not a sound I think it means I am no longer earth bound That I should now know my words and actions will turn the world around That day is coming When you will hear the lament of the poet and his… Continue reading THE LAST OF SEASONS by Jesse Asonze
NEW YEAR by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Let all hearts break into joy With gratitude boiling Beyond containing measure For the great pleasure Of witnessing a New Year Like a sweet soft flowing streams The year has swept our feet Washing us with elation And drawing close our dreams For greater actualisations Like mist amidst the greens Yesteryear has disappeared Into past… Continue reading NEW YEAR by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
WHEEL IT AWAY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
On the wings of the wind Wheel it away 2016 and all its strings Toss it away into past days Let it down at the occident With the slow death of the day And on the dock of the dawn Break it upon me, 2017 Come right on With the crescent birth of the morning… Continue reading WHEEL IT AWAY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko