HUMANITY by Joseph Omojuwa
Humanity! Your friends are your foes. I have witnessed the love that you share, Not just the price to redeem their woes, But you have built shelter for our heads....
IN MY PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS by Joseph Omojuwa
In my pursuit of happiness, I met pain A companion of sadness almost driving me insane Lost into the desert of helplessness with hand in chains But just in my...
MADNESS by Ezeokoye Vanessa Onyinye
My NEUROSIS So I entered the conference hall ready to recite my poem So my pulses began again in this fridge of emotion So I broke out and stood out...
WELCOME TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH by Lekan Malik
Welcome to Sodom and Gomorrah Where no iniquities are unleashed from purdah. In this place, sinners are no sinners Rather, merriment is made by the praise singers. Our leaders sit...
HEARTFELT by Abeeb Bin As-Sodiq
Heard of a matter within me prowls? Such jolly maid with celestial phiz Twain-fair as Elysium's walls Of dearly beauty thrice natural blest That soothe all eye-ills 'pon gazing; Its...
WE SMELL LIES, WE SELL TRUTH by Oloyede Joshua Adekunle
Family favours favouritism Mothers' favourites,sons Fathers'apple eyes,daughters We smell lies Lies' tie tied around our cords Teachers teaching cheat Cheat cheating teachers Corruption crisis Broken walls falling We smell lies...
BREAD AND BUTTER by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
Never had it ever been heard That crab and scorpion lived under one roof But you say let’s call a spade a spade Same flesh we wear, same image so...
MYSTERY by Uchenna Odukwu
Staring at the sky above As soft as the shadows I wonder if there is a place above Containing millions of souls, And a person greater And older than the...
WHY THEN SHOULD WE DO GOOD by Joseph Omojuwa
Humanity! Your friends are your foes. I have witnessed the love that you share, Not just the price to redeem their woes, But you have also built shelter for our...
A POT OF HAPPY STEW by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
[caption id="attachment_19549" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] A POT OF HAPPY STEW by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson[/caption] Read text of poem here: 'A POT OF HAPPY STEW'