MY SALTY PEARLS
I have wanted this More than The barren hag Craved The feel of sucking lips On the nipples of her wilted, Virgin breasts. Wanting, My nerves have rippled Like the...
THE HOSPITAL
Two cries Same time Same place A cry of joy A cry of woe One of life One of death One wrapped in swaddling From the maternity closet Warm hands...
100 LINES TO HIS COY MISTRESS (a duet)
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] hundred lines From a bothered mind To his coy mistress To his coy mistress, pure and chaste To sheer beauty, to poise and taste Even a hundred hour Seems little...
BE THE DOG, BE THE PIG
be the dog return to vomit yes, swallow again! atimes what was is still best be the pig return to mud yes, wallow again atimes going back is...
ADANMA! SHALL I WAIT
Adanma! Why do I dance To the cadence of your heart And entertain the chant From your soul? Nneka The hamlet princess Persisted in trapping my spirit Beneath snare of...
I RISE AND PRAY
I rise and pray for green-white-green To be free from flaws, from top to bottom To unite in progress and not in regret To flag on the credible as public...
YES! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
~Yes! You Are Beautiful~ Adanne! The glamour of our culture, Our mothers gleaming future. The hunters attested To your angelic features; Even the market women Pay homage to your beauty....
OLA (WEALTH)
Alade! Why have you secured your soul With greed? Hunting the shadows of fortune, You have acquired doom From the fading bloom. Ayoade! The creator Sketched treasures on your palm,...
FREEDOM IN NIGER KINGDOM
is this Independence or shackled pretence? is there really freedom in this Niger Kingdom? are we not yet slaves dying, falling into graves dug by the hands of those who...