A BALLAD FOR YOU, YES YOU!
You, who dictate His will to God, you, the holy mentor Who unsheathe a black flag to slaughter a neighbor, Who destroy in the name of the Creator, I spy...
IS IT NOT YOURS?
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MARKET OF THE DEAD – LUSADA
Down at Lusada lies a market, a market within a market a market of the living, a market of the dead When night falls, the undead comes to play when...
SONGS OF THE BLIND
At sunrise, we see black. At sunset, we see black. Everyday is black. Our dreams are black. Our visions are black. We dwell in isolation Help us! Hold our hands...
LIKE UNCLE AMAECHI
so, you think you have no hope that bad? you want to wear a rope! around your neck? before you "end it all" you must know giants were once not...
LAMENTATIONS FOR AMINAT
Dedicated to the abducted Chibok School Girls Aminat, O Aminat! When you came Our life danced With drums and claps Sorrow and grief were absent Joy was our friend Our...
DEATH LED DOGS
Come, let us return home For we have lost the path Roaming in the wild Let us not be like Death-led dogs that hear the hunter's whistle Hiss and tread...
ORI: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I have wandered amidst unsettled smokes, Helpless flames have puzzled my identity. I have forfeited that path,fashioned; Which leads to eternal fortune. Many Missed Major Marks Enticed by shadows of...
DIRTY CLOUDS
Their muse is there to always lament no-gory day? If not their dirty lovely date, then tis about lust to prevail. Their veins are always agile on the plane of...
ORI by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
this poem is untitled the voice of a young boy stands tall in the noise of this troubled market. Divide for him a portion of destiny He is tired of...