War. Who again is climbing the walls of war after the death of soldiers? Who will show us how swords and guns turned the dusk to nightly behavior and erased the power of blood shedded on ground that birds could drink and live on. Who shall wake us when the morning appears to show the… Continue reading GARDEN by Ganiyu Mohi Adedare
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BENUE BESIEGED by Victor Igiri
Are we humans or Animals? Maybe both, but I may choose the latter for with drought eyes swollen from a marathon tears I wear, and thorned a flesh, can you not behold tearfully? And what joy again to dwell longer with knived ancestry, forever piecized by pasturers who rips fiercely with the black charm, blades… Continue reading BENUE BESIEGED by Victor Igiri
ONE NIGERIA by Victor Igiri
(written in absolute dislike for Nigeria’s splitting…) Paint me White, not RED; Green, I beseech thee still and entomb every dark desires that kings your soul. Paint me Green, not Black so I can war with strength these old-new foes that crushes greenness. War? …and laborious a starless Yesterday we beheld: intercoursing discordant vibes at… Continue reading ONE NIGERIA by Victor Igiri
WAR by Ganiyu Mohi Adedare
Red-Rider Who again is soaring the walls of war after the death of soldiers? Who will show us how swords and guns turned the dusk to nightly behavior and erased the power of blood shedded on ground that birds could drink and live upon. Who shall wake us when the forenoon appears to show the… Continue reading WAR by Ganiyu Mohi Adedare
DIARY OF A SOLDIER AT WAR by Kujembola Oluwaseun
Yesterday, we remembered the victors and conquerors; Today, we remember the vanquished and conquered. Yesterday, we danced in the rain; Today, we embrace the cold. Yesterday, our echoes were of happiness of victory savored. Yesterday, we rent the air with fists of godly mortals. Only yesterday, smiles devoured faces despite pain. Yesterday, we forgot our… Continue reading DIARY OF A SOLDIER AT WAR by Kujembola Oluwaseun
AVENGERS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
I look at the man screaming at my feet, my prisoner, grinning as he groans. You might wonder why he groans. He is simply in pain. I have just chopped off his legs. His hands will be next. Before the chopping, I purged the evil out of him with my late mother’s pestle. He is… Continue reading AVENGERS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
THIRD WORLD WAR by Gideon Abowha
*Third World War* _Guun!_ _Guun!_ _Guun!_ _Lash!_ _Lash!_ _Lash!_ Children cry Militias smile Paying price Human flesh torn; lost souls Helter skelter we went. _Whuuh!_ _Whuuh!_ _Yeeh!_ _Yeeh!_ Women screamed loudly Wrappers flew off skirts World revolve in perplexity All seems like a complexity. Men cowardly pointing tommy guns We; sweating and shivering For hell… Continue reading THIRD WORLD WAR by Gideon Abowha
DADDY’S TALE by Ojembe Victor
Daddy’s tale They cry for a future They never tried planning We canvas for a secluded state With hands at akimbo Our fathers knew what they saw With their head without hairs And their protruded black tummy Taking shape like volley ball Father spoke on how they feasted on every red hair reptile That survived… Continue reading DADDY’S TALE by Ojembe Victor
LET US HAVE THAT PEACE AGAIN by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
And the day a mist bloody hectic day of war Brothers drenched in blood Sister heads to bush Mothers breastfeeding the dog Fathers in tunnel Their return uncertain. The turning from peace. Peace the sole friend of the soul we wine and dine in love Carrying each other’s cross in ease We push together every… Continue reading LET US HAVE THAT PEACE AGAIN by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
PRISON S-21 (The Aljazeera Perspective) by Hannatu Adamu
About 17 thousand of us were taken Only seven of us survived The torture I was only a local mechanic But I was asked about my connections with the CIA And the KGB Of course I didn’t know these I panicked I told them anything I could think of All the while in prison I… Continue reading PRISON S-21 (The Aljazeera Perspective) by Hannatu Adamu