BONDAGED BRIDE by Ifeoluseyi Ifeoluwapo Ifeyemi
Today we unveil our new bride, The groom's kinsmen think she's antithetical to pride And there she hides! Gravitating towards 'angelic encounters', she rides; Closer to the groom, Holding a...
QUERY TO DESTINY by Aderogba Adekunle
Why clothed I In garments of fine silk And I, yet Make fidgets? Why covered I With loins of soft fibers And still on my skin- Coarse weaves? Why lost...
A MAP OF AFRICA by Onisowurun Sampson
(I) I see them all The grey and concrete pillars of a continent The entrails of the yoked in spirit Sealed here and there over the land. I see the...
WHO WILL I MARRY by Osoba Taiwo Peter
Who will I marry ? Who will be my EVEr loving wife ? Who will my baby carry ? Who will be with me for the entirety of her life...
VOICES FROM THE CROSS by Osoba Taiwo Peter
Jesus said to one of the thieves: "Truly I said to you Today, you will meet me at paradise" Salvation is not for few But to all those who had...
THE REVOLUTION OF A SADIST by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Mournful shadows dare not cry, Although their hearts are a den of tears. Dreams of the night have all been slain by flames of fear, whispering in their marrows. Mar...
A STRANGER TO LOVE by Damilola Olumegbon
Tell me something, A tale I've never noticed, A perfect film story, With all the romantic glory, From the view of a spectator's satisfaction, The one that creates certain imagination,...
UNTOLD CHILDHOOD by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
Hear my words I was born under the silent night And brought up by pain's twilight Not born with a silver spoon Nay!no golden spoon graced my putrid tongue I...
NATURE by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
The clouds glide slowly in the sky. The sun gazes From behind the clouds Smiling eerily. The trees dance beautifully To music of the wind Listen to the birds As...
TWO BECOME ONE by Goodness Ayoola
Rhythms crawl up the lines of strings Strings like springs of comfort in pitter-patter rhythms Hearts beat in bits, saintly shatters by the struck of love Love creeps in a...