THE MUTINY OF THE DEAD by Adeosun Pelumi
The wilted branch of the willow tree Drooped, touching her headstone with its tender fingers, The browning grasses and the primroses stood like A thousand soldiers, ever watchful and protective...
THE JOURNEY HOME by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I wonder if someone Will sing my unwritten ballad. Write me an elegy And cook me a song! I do wonder If my carvings On History sands Won't be washed...
MAN ON A LEDGE by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
They say death is sweet Sweeter than honey,precious than money Tasting like ice cream eaten with biscuit. They say living is a crime For those who have nothing Owning only...
CHASING THE TEMPEST by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Many saw I that wrought hard and labor, Toils to succeed, jealous of `s neighbour; Weepings of oppress`d flows as runnels, And no comforters to be their channels; But better it is, A man...
SAME SACRED BLOOD by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
Whether Bible or Quran Genesis or Suratul Fatia, Podium or Minbari, Crucifix or Tesbiyu, There is no blood That isn't blazing red. Whether Catholic gown Or Whispering Hijab, Christmas or...
148 by Lebile Melt Tosin
148 not just a number Not the winning vote of Nigeria Or the lotto grand prize But lives that depart the nation I so much treasure The gone numbers The...
King Zwelithini’s BLOODY FART by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
when a king farts with his mouth like kaBhekuzulu - a man uncouth, Trouble truncates his sleeping time to merge Life and Death into a rhyme. when Royal lips part...
LET ME DIE by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Let me die Tonight I wish to die, I wish to die after beholding death unravel our posterity's nudity. I wish to halt my soul from beholding the parched bones...
YOUR LIFE IS IN DUST: by Ndukwo Kalu Ugah
Have my alcohol and a push Imprisoned and tormented by a kush, You wear a madness tag, on the street with your rag. Your steps are perfect and just But...
THE SINNER: by Raphael Kueniemugh Karibo
Behind hillocks 'animals' hobble Hobble in carelessness or in fact Fact you knew, but dared the bible? Bible, the way, the truth and the light The skies of the defenceless...