HOW LONG? (FOR MOTHER AFRICA) by Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact
Mama, Have you seen your children Scattered all around Like sheep without a shepherd? Have you seen them Been dispersed like dry pollen grains In the hands of strangers Who...
SOMETHING IS WATCHING by Joseph Omojuwa
The Sun will not cease from bleeding, The moon shall never retire crying. The earth will never repent from evil, And the stars are watching. They have seen the crooked...
PETTY-ROLL by Oki Kehinde Julius
hungry kegs goes unfilled at a fast food where pump splashes fluid. barrel starved to fast the length of ramadan after jew's wednesday had been burnt into ashes. . angry...
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LUCK by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
Dear son of mine, Pay heed to these words of mine For they will be to thee a gold mine, And misfortune will not cross thy line. . There is...
CYCLES WITHIN A CIRCLE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Today My muse sought a rupture A release from pent-up emotions And silent musing Life As seen from my myopic eyes Is a flash of cycles caught within a larger...
ADDICTION by Cletus Nnaemeka
Passion overrides reasoning After the fight, you just come out without winning The mouth of guilt start screaming The pains keep on deepening Self-pity comes around knocking Those voices come...
CHANGE OR CHAINS? by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
What did you hear When they mounted the stage of yesterday To declare their promises on air? Was it change or chains? Maybe the lies of yesteryears Have deposited wax...
WORD CHEF by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
I took it upon myself today to be a Word Chef. Yes! A Word Chef. So I took a bold walk into the Word bank And purchased the freshest of...
BROKEN VISION by Bankoke Kolawole
The chants they chant for justice, for equity, Their daily iniquity makes me seek till I fall sick Like little water into mighty baskets, the end is indeed the casket....
SILENT DAYS by Tochi Onuoha
These days are void of the peals of laughter ringing out from the vocal orifices of playing children the sun embracing their naked,sweaty anatomies and the calling voices of their...