TEARS FOR THE DEAD
[caption id="attachment_1361" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tears For The Dead[/caption]My face is wet and I know not yet whether it is rain or tearsMy heart beats with spasmodic feats.Is it anticipation or...
SO NOW YOU CALL ME NAMES! (of politics, love and life by Jonathan Ezeanochie)
[caption id="attachment_1339" align="aligncenter" width="300"] So Now You Call Me Names![/caption] So now you call me names And reckon me among the lame, That our people cannot tame? So now you...
ME, Poet
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Poet, ME[/caption] Am I a poet by what I write – Ashes of my thoughts? Or does it come by what I right? Are my words...
SALTY PEARLS…(when failure comes calling)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="203"] Salty Pearls...[/caption] I have wanted this More than The barren hag Craved The feel of sucking lips On the nipples of her wilted, Virgin breasts. Wanting,...
I WEEP (a social lament by Signor Kanji De Gataua)
[caption id="attachment_1250" align="aligncenter" width="233"] I Weep[/caption] I weep season after season, my wails and sobs are heartbreaking, they rock my body and it shudders. I lament for the human race,...
ECHOES (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)
[caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Echoes[/caption] From within my cell, I hear the torrential rains Storm thunderously On my seasons battered roof. I feel my heart beating slowly Against the walls...
WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)
[caption id="attachment_1219" align="aligncenter" width="300"] We Are In Trouble![/caption] We are in trouble! The times are hard on us. We are like the woman Groaning in labor pains But, this birth,...
DID WE CROWN YOU KING?
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410"] Did We Crown You King?[/caption] Did we crown you king? Rules and decrees upon our heads, Did you promise to bring, In this city of locks...