WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode
When death takes us yonder, and we see that it was not as we dreamt; when life’s breath still made us tweak, what would we do? When we find out...
LEFT BEHIND by Morenikeji Oloye
I walked away, with thoughts that I really could. Not that I did not love her like a man should - In fact, for her, I would catch a grenade,...
TA IYA by Ken Mamman
Yarinya yar matan You are a true child of your mama Kalonki kawai is a blessing to heart Darinya ki something I have never seen You embody true africaness in...
BALOGUN by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
. Tell Are-Ona-Kakanfo that Balogun, the man of war is back from war. . Balogun, the son of seven thunders in the days of seven wonders kills the war and...
UTOPIAN SYMPHONY by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
Open your mouths let your tongues taste the morning dew’s, farm fresh from heaven’s dock let it kiss your lips with its misty chill, so your charred rims would come...
CHANGE by El Sane Ken Silencer
Ah! Men are wailing women are whooPing Children are crying no one is watching... Who is beating all? Recession! Father cried back when I talked broke... I wanted to meat...
THE LOVER’S PRAYER by Joshua Levites
Hallowed be your name, Princess Thy kingdom has come unto me, My eyes have seen the gospel of your beauteousness. The intensity of your awesomeness Implodes every bit of ego...
OSU by Ololade Akinlabi
Daughter of Osu, Our father is a prudent squanderer, Spends today prior tomorrow surfaces, 'Tomorrow shall hold another blessing;' Hitherto, tomorrow comes with barrenness. And the calabash was bountifully emptied,...
BOYS OF SHATTERED DREAMS by Jonathan Otamere Endurance
after Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau’s “For boys who went' For Boys of Shattered Dreams... Their bones fragment on earth's closure Like the punctured walls of Borno — A preposition of dreams...
RESONANCE by Efe Ogufere
Your eyes wear mascara lines Open them and free the lashes Unclad, my emotions lay bare Calm my athletic pulse A butterfly sheds its cocoon No tears wanderlust Cold winds...