POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
EVEN THE HEAVENS CRIED by Stanley Egeonu
Do you know even the heavens cried When your heart was hurt and pained When you fought, lost and again tried, Your garment torn and blood stained? Do you know...
WHAT FUTILITY MEANS by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
How futile our preparations look! We study hard; all those big books, and yet when results are released, we are always far from being pleased: While preparing for my last...
LIFE IS A CROOK by Agbaakin O. Jeremiah
Life is a crook and though you pour him drinks and fill his bed with feathers and whores. It’s the uneven face of the sky it’s cloudy in Pompei as...
DEFEATED WARRIORS by Ololade Akinlabi
Chanting the victorious war songs from afar our warriors are back home all covered with the blood of neighbour enemies they never disappoint us. Their victorious medals stand not the best...
IT’S YOUR FISH by Oluwaseun Peters Tiwistar
Fallen flower .. A hundred feet trod Nourishing with a million water Wouldn't let the colors come bold Scratched bud .. Harsh weather slapped Subjection to a thousand cuddle Wouldn't...
THE CURSED OLD MAN: by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
It was eighty four days without fish The old man had always made a wish to catch even a catfish and make a dish But the sea had cursed him...
GUILTY: Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I have pointed, The accusing finger At the mouth of The mute mirror. Yes,I have thrown Cursing stony stones Into the silent marketplace Seeking out the heads of the guilty....
MY SALTY PEARLS
I have wanted this More than The barren hag Craved The feel of sucking lips On the nipples of her wilted, Virgin breasts. Wanting, My nerves have rippled Like the...
THIS LIFE
This world is ever full of Crisis Crisis that affect different Races Young and old, all suffer from Vices Our way of life it Changes Violence fills our life’s...