MORE TO LIFE by Cletus Nnaemeka
There must be more to life than just scowling faces thorny paths, rugged places Unified in disunity broken broke hearts whole in parts. Homes turned houses sons against mothers daughters...
AN EAGLE OF TINCTURED GULES by Ijalusi Oluwatola Samuel
I Emperor of the sky, Sterling sharp eyes graced Strong, beautiful and agile. Flies over ocean and land, Flight landing site brittle, Fresh prey ever did feed. Brio not to...
ZOMBIE STREETS I-X by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
i. We are all children of death, born at the cemetry of doubts and hopeless future that exists in the bald hearts of photo-copied pictures and dreams that soared away...
THE PAUPER’S SHOULDER by Hannatu Adamu
‘Tis the beginning; ‘tis the end I am a child; a pauper But the whole world is on my shoulder As I awake at dawn Having had little sleep, I...
LEARN TO BE AND WALK AlONE by Ogundairo Stephen Oluwaseyi
You have been a creeper, On the tree of love, You have been a shadow, Under its broad leaves below. You receive its breath of love, And you got lost...
DADDY’S TALE by Ojembe Victor
Daddy’s tale They cry for a future They never tried planning We canvas for a secluded state With hands at akimbo Our fathers knew what they saw With their head...
SEND US THE FEAR OF OLDS by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Help this Nation oh! Beyond Free this city For the wicked trampled on the just That those who lost their daughters May find them If that is not a deception....
WHY AM I HERE by Gideon Abowha
Born,bred alone in this world My cherubic self; my decency Delved all depths; guess no debts. Grow along diversified unknown travails of the world. Decent self; beyond came from My...