SET ME FREE… by Isaiah Fada
Held bound, Captive to fate, Helpless with no sound, Closed up by the gate, No one to set me free... Locked up in chains, Bated in pains, Took all my...
SHADOWS ON HIS WALL by Ojembe Victor
The figure on his bright walls cries for help The muted screams of a girl, Sit beneath her bowels The fast grinding of his waist, creating a bitter-sweet cascade, of...
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,...
HOMELY DOOM by Joshua Levites
Comfort me With contumelies And let your smiles make me numb To the pains you breed. Caress me With thorns on your palms And let your defensive pleas Beautify my...
WHO ARE ITS VICTIMS by Ngovou Gyang
I just came out of surgery I’ve got just one eye now because of his battery He used the baseball bat on my head And tossed the flower vase on...
MUCUS OF REASON by Oluwatoyosi Agbaakin
He must have wiped the mucus of reason- a pus from his brain the night he saw her body swollen, ready to be poked by his fleshy pincers How couldn't...
MRS. WOOBAG by Andrew Ifeatu Jennifer
Call her Woobag! He wooed her to make her a bag Whose mouth has been gagged A slum bag filled with punches Wearied with abuses in bunches Despised punching bag!...
SOMEDAY YOU’LL KNOW by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
No one can hear the shrill sounds she heaves daily on the walls surrounding her. Cries mashed up in the silence of hearts, stone deaf to the vanity of halves....
COUNTABLE STARS by Ebuka Wiz Godwin
I tried counting the stars, several nights I stayed up One, two, three, four I lost count, didn't know which I had counted or not May be they disappear, may...
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don't chain me down with your words Don't hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw...