KAYEEFI by Yemi Osadiya
After KAYEEFI was born and bath Her veil was as tattered as a torn net Only a few friending shame vowed partnership. As time crept to welcome stages Her emergence...
THE GARMENT THAT FITS by Bijimi Daniel Meindous
The garment that fits who can find it It gently covers the wearers nakedness And generously provide protection from unfavourable weather Draws admires eyes and trigger their complements The garment...
THE BLIND MAN’S VENGEFUL CURSE by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba
By the serene heavens, And the clamorous earth That birthed uncanny nature. I compel in advance, The flickering lightning, To Blind your sight, Strike your rustic tongue, Maim your itchy...
AMALGAMATION OF PAINS by Bada Yusuf Amoo
Green and white detribalised our existence Our grumblings are more private than public Alas! Our ears have been listened to dialogues Will writers present a collective opinion? While the nation's...
A KOBO FOR YOUR THOUGHTS by Hannatu Adamu
I’ve often wondered Looking at you What goes on in your pretty little head I’ve often caught you Singing to yourself Why are your songs only for you? I’ve thought...
WAR by Ganiyu Mohi Adedare
Red-Rider Who again is soaring the walls of war after the death of soldiers? Who will show us how swords and guns turned the dusk to nightly behavior and erased...
DIARY OF A SOLDIER AT WAR by Kujembola Oluwaseun
Yesterday, we remembered the victors and conquerors; Today, we remember the vanquished and conquered. Yesterday, we danced in the rain; Today, we embrace the cold. Yesterday, our echoes were of...
THE SEA by Mayor Jake
THE SEA The fishes are trembling yet, fearless. Intrepid sets of fishes. Hungry waters, moving to and fro maliciously, for its own seizes. Eagerly awaiting the careless aquatics in...
FEET OF KNIVES by Michael Achile Umameh
When the drab drum of winter dies of the weight of warmth spring’s dewy fingers; feet full of knives; icicles rising and descending a cold caress on an erect skeleton...
SONG OF A VIRGIN by Lebile Melt Tosin
the first time I laid my eyes on you you are like a treasure buried in my desert I wish I felt butterfly in my tommy but instead your rose...