VANITAS VANITATUM
Yes! I am now in power My house is too small, i need new one There must be a garden at the extreme An hedonist way of life I want...
WHEN I AM DEAD
Prologue: Dear child, if you’re reading my biography Sometime in the near future, When I’m dead and dailies are eulogizing me, And you pick up this poem to read, Know...
LOVE ME (A TRIPLE ACROSTIC)
LOVE ME was a winning entry written by Akinrinola Barnabas for the Words Rhymes & Rhythm College of Poetry as a classwork POETRY QUIZ (ACROSTIC POETRY) on the 24th of November 2014.
A DOUBLE ACROSTIC FOR ERIMMA
Erimma, the cradle bundle that cuddles my firE Rising from the welling springs of the Palm's fibeR In and from the cotyledons of her morning's potpourrI May your ASSets yet...
THEY WILL PAY
They will pay for this!!! For as many that wine and dine and feast On my tears that tangoed on tarred ground In a land where the sun has no...
A WORD FOR THE FUTURE
In this our idle generation of whiners We have so many boastless doers Sheltering saplings in our forest Daily, their leaves they invest I see Olumide Olulu Holloway Lights word-candles...
SMILE, ITS CHEAP
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BUNI YADI
BUNI YADI: i. Ill winds blowing From the house of imp Has shared the fire To castles in your estate. Landmark of fortresses May be forgotten before Souls sanctioned reaches...
POWER OF A WOMAN
Keeps the home together She's the home's pillar Fights the home's battles On her knees at night And the physical, She fights with all her might That's who we call...
POET OF THE WEEK: JEREMIAH PETERS
This week, we bring you a rising star in the skies of poetry, Jeremiah Ohigbochie Praise, known by his Facebook moniker, Jeremiah Peters, as our Poet of The Week (#POTW). The amazing...