MEN OR BEASTS?
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="354"] ..Men or Beasts?[/caption] What have we become, we sons of men, Now that we've made of Earth a killing den? The lion kills to put meat...
PATH TO BLOOM (a nature poem by Francis Achonu Egu)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384"] 4RAN6 Francis Achonu Egu[/caption] Path to Bloom Close to our window Lived a tall tree Front of our house Her leaves littered It looked old and...
DIE, ALUU, DIE (a poet’s rage by Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent)
[caption id="attachment_1041" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Die Aluu, Die![/caption] Thy muscled hands have drawn darkness upon thee Thy fine senses have darkened our morrow Thy perfect heart has given us sunset Die,...
…FOR ALUU (a lamentation by Gabriel Gabbycapable)
[caption id="attachment_1035" align="aligncenter" width="300"] ...For Aluu[/caption] There are some there, dripping coins of blood. And here, pounds of flesh burn in the wrath of fiery swords And youthful innocence drowning...
ALUU: THE ABOMINATION YOU DID! (by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)
[caption id="attachment_1045" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Abomination You Did[/caption] Aluu! Just like your name, You've done abomination. Your veins are filled with wickedness And death speaks through your lips. Aluu! You...
NAKED WOMAN, BLACK WOMAN (a chant by Madu Chisom Kingdavid)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353"] Naked Woman, Black Woman[/caption] Naked Woman, Black Woman Charcoal-colored mid-wife of the newborn sun; Symphonic spumes of Cuanza rippling on the eyeballs of crocodiles And the adder of...
TALES BY MOONLIGHT (a Nigerian satire by Eyo Justice Ellis)
[caption id="attachment_1001" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tales by Moonlight[/caption] Do not steal; Else you'll get ill And be beaten with a goad - A rebuke from God. Do not lie Always tell...
LIVE…
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Live...[/caption] Today you are alive For a special purpose. To achieve it, strive! He that gives you breath Will guide you through; There's no reason to...
THE FOURSOME (on the Aluu killings by Princess Okolie)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305"] The Fearsome Foursome[/caption] Gory has become their glory. Who shall attest the test? Hope is nearly gone. But my generation is not done. Fate has dealt...
HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? (Gossiping our miseries by Owokere A. Etim)
[caption id="attachment_976" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Have You Not Heard?[/caption] Have you not heard? That upon the sands of Aluu, Murder appeases a crime? That the men of Aluu, threw stones For...