SEASON OF NO LIGHT: by Olajide Teniola
Behold the night As black as the sour-faced tar Harvest season for soul hunters Behold the night I say, season without light Enthralled uncanny feeling On the residents of the...
DELILAH’S DEN: by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale
She came from a region Where men ignored their cultures They formed a religion And made their gods with sculptures She asked how long I pray to my God For...
YOUTHFUL DREAMS: by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale
He’s just a teenager A kid from down the block Might put himself in danger If he stays from the flock He needs to take it slow There’s still plenty...
LIFE IS TOIL: by Oluwa Seun Tiwistar
Leave it at it For there can't be sun and no heat Even to breathe is an act Nothing is free, not on earth The bird that refuse to swing...
OMIDAN: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Hey Heart drummer My heart gambled a beat As you strolled down that twisted path Of isolation, I gazed at your legs as tiny diamonds Danced about them. Now my...
AFRICA WITH NO CULTURE: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I saw faint voices Pinching my eardrum from the underworld, Sour souls of siblings shouting for shelter In this parched and thorny weather. I hear juveniles lamenting the death of...
A TREE SPEAKS OF BOKO HARAM: by Stanley Princewill McDaniels
There's an insatiable thirst to kill in these men! Though I have been condemned to remain planted in the earth now dank from smeared blood, I spread my arms and...
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
She dropped her amused jaw For her tiny pocket was raw, Ajani is to be a doctor Though his dad is but a conductor, This is what words can do,...
TIME WILL TELL (A PROPHECY) by Adeosun Pelumi
A time shall come when the prolific garden in our heart shall burn down to ashes A time shall come when nightmares assail our sleep, chastising dreams with unleashed terror....
LONG AWAITED DAY: by Benjamin Elemide
Tell crusaders of lies the truths They never wished to hear from mouths: Lies wont sell, buyers broke to pay, On that day; long awaited day. None is present at...