Month: <span>September 2012</span>

POETRY

WE WEAVE MAT (by Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent “Salute to Bori 2012)

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_812" align="aligncenter" width="211"] Salute To Bori[/caption] This is one poem selected from Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent “Salute to Bori" just published. We weave mat While their men weave war songs We...

POETRY

INSECURITY (BY Nwakanma Chika)

Staff WriterSeptember 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="206"] Insecure[/caption] Insecurity – acidic and corrosive. Be generous, and the one wearing that garb Will think you a harbour of ulterior motives. Entrust such with little...

POETRY

POETRY Vs. SOCIETY (an invocation by Kabir Ademoh)

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="191"] Poetry Vs Society[/caption] Can A poet light up a stage With words as firmaments, from the thoughtful page? Fork lightening in the captor's cage,/ As he...

POETRY

DROUGHT IN AFRICA (an earth poem by Moses Opara)

Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_786" align="aligncenter" width="275"] Drought In Africa[/caption] The smiling sky is afraid to rain upon the earth. And the sun is too shy to shine it's teeth upon us. Our...

POETRY

THE DEVIL’S PAWN (Excerpts 2)

Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2012July 16, 2017

I. WHAT SEEK YE? What seek you in the devil’s lair? For they return not that come here! They breathe not again, my dear; Those that sniffed its foul smelling...

POETRY

BRILLIANT DARKNESS (by Fr. Albert Jungers)

Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_774" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Brilliant Darkness[/caption] In the Congo where titanium reigns Tears fall like blood upon the ground. Women pay a heavy price For metal so light beneath them...

POETRY

POETRY (by Kannadasa Dasan)

Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_769" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Poetry is not..[/caption] What is ancient medieval And modern poetry? Poetry is not a period! Poetry is above the period! What is sonnet rhyme And Haiku...

POETRY

COMEUPPANCE (by Osagie Fervency)

Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_765" align="aligncenter" width="217"] Comeuppance[/caption] 'Fear of cultists' is the beginning of wisdom: For there can be no gamble with life so fragile. Schools of learning harbor these children of...

POETRY

SUSTENANCE! (a poem for starved children by Chikatito Jones)

Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

I saw it quite clearly, Though it was no more than a glimpse. It was the rich yellow – The yellow of sun-ripened mangoes, The 'opioro' mangoes of my youth...

POETRY

NOW IS THE TIME

Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_103" align="aligncenter" width="394"] Now Is The Time[/caption] Need you be judged before you know When your heart already flogs you so? Must your sinning soul die and rot Before...

Month: September 2012

WE WEAVE MAT (by Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent “Salute to Bori 2012)

INSECURITY (BY Nwakanma Chika)

POETRY Vs. SOCIETY (an invocation by Kabir Ademoh)

DROUGHT IN AFRICA (an earth poem by Moses Opara)

THE DEVIL’S PAWN (Excerpts 2)

BRILLIANT DARKNESS (by Fr. Albert Jungers)

POETRY (by Kannadasa Dasan)

COMEUPPANCE (by Osagie Fervency)

SUSTENANCE! (a poem for starved children by Chikatito Jones)

NOW IS THE TIME

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