SHE IS HOPE by Esther Kalu
She takes me through her world A description words fail to capture Bruised, battered By ugly circumstances She still stays stout She ensconces her pain In the most admirable smile....
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Come, let’s follow the yellow in the rainbow Mind not the tremor but keep firm your grip Even if the clouds were to shake As if their wears were to...
MARAUDERS by Christopher Labesa
...there is sadness in the face of the moon. Boom boom! Marauders at the door. Boom boom! Gory chunks on the floor. Marauders; those marauders;disgruntled fragments of the Sahara storms;...
BENEATH A MILLION ROSES OF PAIN by Oyelami Yetunde Elizabeth
Beneath a million rose of pain I'll find solace in our joy's gain I know my feelings cannot be vain I'll let my soul be uprightly sane So as not...
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...
THE DEAD WE HOLD IN MEMORY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
The dead we hold in memory As today tells their story Our hearts and minds hear it again Reliving them in prayerful pain Under the shadow of earth’s drear Our...
MAKING YOUR TOMORROW by Uche Nzeh
I have dreamt of this day A day hats go up in admiration I always think about these moments Moments of much enthusiasm I have seen these scenes Scenes seeming...
PRODIGAL MERCY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
The preacher once told a story Pretty much about our affairs so gory It’s the tale of a prodigal son But isn’t it also of the prodigality Of the father’s...
MYSELF AND I by Oluwaseyi Olatunji
There is a better friend within, Endowed to me by nature, A personal friend from the present and the future, So close, intimate and loving. In jocund company, We have...
PAUSE AND THINK by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
Pause and think How long shall we continue to slave? Where are the best brains that will help us and think? When are we going to seek light out of...