PRE-EXISTENCE (by Fr. Albert Jungers)
[caption id="attachment_880" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pre Existence[/caption] If I could be before myself Then I might never have been here… But the die was cast, without my help And so I...
THE MISTLETOE AND THE TREE (a parable of Life by John Eva)
[caption id="attachment_875" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Mistletoe and The Tree[/caption] The tree tells the mistletoe To suck her sap with ease And stop stretching his tent. The mistletoe sneers and...
WHEN INSPIRATION FLIES AWAY
[caption id="attachment_870" align="aligncenter" width="239"] When Inspiration Flies Away[/caption] The sun goes down, I sit with my pen In the darkness of my den. There in the pot is the ink,...
OKWESILIEZE (He Who Is Destined To Be King by Dike Chukwumerije)
[caption id="attachment_866" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Okwesilieze[/caption] Today I saw a mysterious thing A thing that vexed me to my very soul I saw the black man dressed like a king But...
O, AFRICA! (a pun and African rigmarole by Alfred Marshal Offei)
[caption id="attachment_857" align="aligncenter" width="275"] O Africa![/caption] O Africa, can you hear me in Madagascar? It was the black scars that made me left Accra Passing through Dakar in my...
THE HORSES NEIGH (by Moses Opara on conquering fears)
[caption id="attachment_852" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Horse's Neigh[/caption] The wind whistles aloud, through my lane; Like shadows unseen it passes. And the fierce, busy clouds turn red But, brave, I stand...
HATE ME AND LIVE (on broken Love by Owokere A. Etim)
[caption id="attachment_845" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hate Me And Live[/caption] It seems I have been known By fruits only for a brief season sown True, I do not deny my sins: That...
UNLOCKING FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE ( by Yakubu Andrew)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="182"] Unlocking Hope and Faith and Love[/caption] At sweet break of dawn, I stand before a mirror To witness the birth of love – For heaven is...
IF….
[caption id="attachment_833" align="aligncenter" width="227"] If[/caption] If brightness the sun should ever lack And all the stars we see turn black… …Even if the moon refuses to shine And two o'clock...
JUST ME ALONE!
[caption id="attachment_817" align="aligncenter" width="238"] Just Me Alone[/caption] Its innocent me alone That's left to atone For the deed of ancestors – Long lost in earths stores. I'm left to right...