PROMISES by Joshua Levites
Promise me gold, Pledge priceless treasures untold. Swear you'll give me the world; The Sun, Moon and the stars i will Lord. Vow you will make me rich Food, Cloth...
AKONI’BIRIN by Efe Ogufere
She grips with broken lips In the full glare of blackened eyes Clumsy gait of sheltered pain Celebrated as amazing grace She is Oya deep beneath For the sake of...
WHEEL IT AWAY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
On the wings of the wind Wheel it away 2016 and all its strings Toss it away into past days Let it down at the occident With the slow death...
IF TIME STOOD STILL… by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
What if my clock stopped And your clock stopped And her clock stopped And his clock stopped Ticking... What if time stood still and the sun remained uphill What if...
HISTORY WILL REMEMBER US by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
1. Spill the blood if you wish Break the bones if you can Set the flesh on fire Destroy the soul Bury the body Even, kill the spirit. 2. And...
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...