TWO-FACED “IGP” by Victor Igiri
doctored or un-doctored, black or white, he is only human for though the sun kings today, tomorrow shall be the moon's. lies or truths; we deserve some white words so...
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...
FALLING….CALLING
I am ........ calling to the father above to look me at altar of peace where my generation become my cross and the innocent blood my sin oh father save...
TELL THEM by Omotayo Awoyemi
Tell them we can see them; The house of bones they live in, The sweats that flush their gutters, The sweats of our fathers and mothers, and The blood of...
LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Not the dead or lost, I revile That I lament and mourn sore; Neither regret him gone to exile, This sun I shall see no more; Do I cry for...
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...
RHETORICS OF THE TENSED by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
That who shall hitherto save our paling green And save our scares of soul When would our boredom hood Turn-on our daylight dream Who shall saviour our twilight wolves,redeeming our...
REDEMPTION by Chinemerem Ikeogu
A solemn pledge A vow to break every hedge To smash the fetters that have restrained our progress To loosen the shackles that have made us grow less To halt...
WHAT SONG COULD WE SING by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
At fifty six, What song could we sing? When wheats are so few, And bowls hardly get their dues? What song could we sing? When feet are feeble, And hands...
CITY OF OWLS by Efe Ogufere
Despair… A parliament divided, the nation in flight When death came in hoots, we stepped aside. A mother laughs when her tears are spent Blood and smoke creates a perfect...