CHANGE OR CHAINS? by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
What did you hear When they mounted the stage of yesterday To declare their promises on air? Was it change or chains? Maybe the lies of yesteryears Have deposited wax...
WORD CHEF by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
I took it upon myself today to be a Word Chef. Yes! A Word Chef. So I took a bold walk into the Word bank And purchased the freshest of...
LET ME BE YOUR ROMEO by Osoba Taiwo Peter
Let me be your Adam And you be your Eve Be my children madam And the serpent won't get you deceive(d) You are my love from divine Let me and...
MOTHER AFRICA by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
How can I forget your love in a hurry? Your love firmer than the Ogbòmò With which you backed me when I was an Omòmò. You waited till my shaky...
VALECTION: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Will you sit back at home or make use of your Visa? Will you probably join them singing Rihanna’s “Under my Umbrella”? Will it be a time to groove with...
AGONIES OF THE POOR: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Feed us not with lies anymore For our stomach are filled with empty promises. Our protruded bellies are not evidence of good living But of imbalance diet. How long shall...
NIGERIA, THE JOURNEY SO FAR: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Here I come again wise one To sit at your feet And hear those tales about my country, My ears always itch to hear. Tell me how those Oyibos sailed...
DEAR LORD: Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Your words I always pray to obey No matter how much they weigh Help me that I may not fall prey So I'll be brighter than the sun's ray. Lord!...
WHO WILL RESCUE US: Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Who will find the key to this cage of ours? Or are we going to be prisoners for life? For our wings have gone numb. We know not if those...
A PERFECT DAY
What a day my heart seeks to behold! When dusk shall welcome dawn With smile and a handshake And the dark cloud shall step aside in peace. Then rays of...