INSIDE ME by Akinyemi Abdulmalik
Inside me, I could hear the sound Of fire munching dry woods; I could see rebellious sparks Breaking from embers. The ashes are afloat; My sight is foggy; All I...
IF by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba
If I am the indispensable dust, I'd throw up any lifeless flesh That gets interred inside me. If I am the unwavering wind, I'd cease my daily escapades, Probably retire...
CHANGE THESE CHAINS by Victor Igiri)
Yesterday was Theirs they bemoaned Guma's...fall Today, ours we tell of Mbalom's... unripe pause; and Tomorrow, sure, shall be history's reawakening in Mama's four forks for ours is a land...
CHILDHOOD ROSES by Paul Chiwude
When we become old grannies and age disrupts our memories, Let us remember our napkins and where we began our stories. When we become youths and pushed by peers to...
THE CONCEPT OF GODHOOD IN POETS: HOW POETS BECOME GODS an essay by Aremu Adams Adebisi
There is something about poets that makes them gods. It is not the relativism of their works or their verisimilitude. It is not the aptitude of their word usage or...
REGRET by Olisaemeka Gerald Njoku
I was a happily married lady. I had the husband every woman prayed for. Mike (my husband) was of average height, dark, rich and so caring. He worked with the...