I AM DRUNK by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Tonight, I am solemnly drunk My mouth reeks with offending rifts - They called it alcohol, I call it drink. My head spins, Angels and demons warred in my stomach...
CYCLES WITHIN A CIRCLE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Today My muse sought a rupture A release from pent-up emotions And silent musing Life As seen from my myopic eyes Is a flash of cycles caught within a larger...
I FOUND NIRVANA IN YOU by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
The dreams are real; I glanced upon them in a broken mirror. Can you not count the days adrowned In fear of the morrow? And now that it's upon us,...
GAIA by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
It's been years now I was given form Mother's labour produced me I came from underneath mother's skirt Where oblivion was all I knew I have seen mother open up...
A SAILOR’S TALE : THE DRUNKEN POET by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
My head was set afire My mind swarm in muck My eyes twiced my vision And I saw for meself a maiden image She was to me heart As the...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 3: THE SILENT OBSERVER by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, Dawn met her again on her rickety stool. Her eyes had seen what her mouth would always whisper; Was it Ashake's adoption (Aye! That was her name - The...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 4 (Finale): PROPHECY REBOUNDS by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, The booming voice of the silent gods, Their will has been enacted; Sacrifice was made in flesh, blood And Ashake's Maidenhead. Alade threw a huge tantrum But the gods...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 2: A TRAVELLER’S TRAVAIL by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Time stretched like acres of farmland And the North star soon lost its twinkle. The dews dropped like soaked balls of fluffy cotton, The day was unproductive like the other....
VISION IMPAIRED by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
The damage is done, The eyes has lost its sight and The visions, all withered and wasted Like an untended flower left to rot. The world had become a footstool;...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 1: THE SACRIFICE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, The voice of the silent gods. Papa is still without, digging trenches And mama fried akara balls At the village outskirt. The insistent pounding of the drum Caused my...