THE SIGHING MOON by Mesioye Affable Johnson
The sighing moon With stories untold left at the base of our lips, Drenched by tales that turned hunger to breakfast, We laid our chopped fate on nightmares that flips...
THIS DANCE by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Adanne, My words have taken a stroll along this lonely night, To visit the scanty chambers in your heart; My fingers have caused these serene desires, Causing shivers through the...
LET’S DANCE AFRICA by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Under this sighing moon did we gather beliefs Into the howling calabash of whirling Western Culture, Which left splashes of abnormalities on our faces, After piles of tainted tales struck...
AFRICAN WOMEN by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Abeni, The pride born at the borders where virtues are valued On the integrity lying beneath the black skin and sparkling hair Where the jealous sun laughs in delight of...
DEAD RHYTHMS by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Filled in my eardrum are rhythms of doom with the sweet tone of despair tuned in by bombing tales of sacred nations with naive notions tied on boomed killings to...
SOLEMN VOICES by Mesioye Affable Johnson
The lines tracing the sacred lawn to where love resides now broken on the head of humanity with darkness Where wars and bombs could see through The hollows struck and...
ECLIPSE by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Before navel birthed my sight on bleeding happenings, Our fathers' plight were feathers beneath the sky, Roaming,whirling,wailing on their breakfasts after being served with bereaved plates of slavery. We saw...
BAGA: by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Silly season of human seasonings Perceived in seasoning of human killings, Fear,now what everyone must cook under Perhaps,fresh flesh be made lunch for trigger. Morrow's morrow laid under dying dreams...
THE FUTURE I SEE: Mesioye Affable Johnson
In the shell of wandered wonder Did freedom grumble for a caring mother, To give sons meal on this starved land With heritage for the unborn to unwind Wind of...
HOUSE MY EARTH: Mesioye Affable Johnson
In the abyss of strangulated hope my fate sat Helplessly,due to pale promises from other end, Still,my heart desires to drown in your heart's stream For there only I can...