BROTHER by Hannatu Adamu
Have you forgotten so soon, That we were once one, Living as would a family, Having the same hands Wearing the same face, And most importantly, The same skin colour?...
EVE by Oladele Deborah Olamide
Wisdom is wisdom yet desired wisdom cos her meeting with non-wisdom made her think she was no wisdom and wisdom called wisdom no-wisdom wisdom listened to non-wisdom wisdom considered non-wisdom's...
PAIN TALE by Tanimonure Richards
with a belly so big of crying questions moaning a malnourished dream, gaunt of joy time-trudging tons of fails and falls, so tedious a drenching, heart wrenching knock numbs of...
LETTER TO SELF by Eseohe Ebhota Akoma
Dear self If you keep going backwards With the same people God has removed from your life You'll remain stuck No joy comes From being confused and unhappy Get rid...
FRANK-OPIGO’S ‘VOWELS IN THE AIR’ DEFIES ANY KIND OF DISTRACTION – a review by Joseph Omotayo
TITLE: VOWELS IN THE AIR AUTHOR: EMMANUEL FRANK-OPIGO GENRE: ESSAYS, POETRY (Mixed) NUMBER OF PAGES: 210 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2016 ISBN: 978-978-954-243-7 REVIEWER: JOSEPH OMOTAYO...
AYOOLA’S ‘MEDITATIONS’ USES POETRY TO TALK ABOUT POETRY – a review by Joseph Omotayo
TITLE: MEDITATIONS AUTHOR: GOODNESS OLANREWAJU AYOOLA GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 122 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2016 ISBN: 978-978-954-244-4 REVIEWER: JOSEPH OMOTAYO “i am an open...
DARK CLOUDS by Mfon Udoudo
Where do the clouds kiss the hills? When does dusk kiss the dawn? It's the point of the deals The point where they fawn Gently, slowly, the plant buds Morning,...
MRS. WOOBAG by Andrew Ifeatu Jennifer
Call her Woobag! He wooed her to make her a bag Whose mouth has been gagged A slum bag filled with punches Wearied with abuses in bunches Despised punching bag!...
SHAWARMA AND I (end acrostic) by Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
And so it was that I fell head over heelS, Not for a luscious soft-faced wencH, But for a white-cloaked sweetness called shawarmA, A thin bread wrap of meat, chicken...
PRISON S-21 (The Aljazeera Perspective) by Hannatu Adamu
About 17 thousand of us were taken Only seven of us survived The torture I was only a local mechanic But I was asked about my connections with the CIA...