THE CHOICE: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
you both did the waist dance you the pot, he the lance ecstasy in the arms of carelessness careless seeding - two hearts become restless to be a single mother...
YOU DON’T WEAR YOUR MADNESS WELL by Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor
If I talk they say I am mad, A mad man from a lineage of madder men And that I have conjugated in matrimonial bliss with mad music, But I...
REVIEW OF ‘TELL ÀYÒKÁ’
I have witnessed …the death Of many hills Who died the death Of gradual tractor graze. I have witnessed …the fall Of many mountains Who crumbled before The feet of...
MAN SAID
And man said… Let there be cars, And surrogate replicas of stars. Let there be, Little pools to trap the sea. And there was… Man said … Let there be...
SONNET TO KOLANUT
The colour of peace The ancestral dream Our liturgy and shrines No! fossil is out of it. The togetherness of our nation Lies under that pieces of this sacred fruit...
WHAT IS LEFT OF WHAT IS RIGHT
Here we are Enjoying the beauty of misery Roaming the streets Lost in the glory of poverty Contented with the emptiness of our souls Minds in utmost disarray But silence...
WITHOUT THE BLACKS
We are Africans, the blacks, The integral part of your existence The origin of arts and innovations, Importers of your imaginations Blessed are the blacks unborn. Without The Blacks, Who...
ELECTION AGITATION
In the name of God he begs He's on his knees not his legs Just give him your votes And he'll shower you with those plenty notes. Which do you...
POET OF THE WEEK: OLUWATOSIN FAITH KOLAWOLE (TEEFAITH)
This week on Poet Of The Week (#POTW), it's with immense pleasure that we unveil yet another rising star Miss Oluwatosin Faith Kolawole fondly referred to as TeeFaith by friends. Born...
HEART STAIN
in anger i bleached my sore heart ironed into it many razor edges placed it in back shelves hoping to don it again ...it remains unworn your pretty face! its...