AND THE CLOUDS RECEDED: Stanley Princewill McDaniels
And the clouds receded: Bit by bit it dissolves With the wind on the sky's pew; Spite the contraction of the beams, Sunset resolves The labour of man; after hours...
TABLET OF TRUTH: Benjamin Elemide
TABLET OF TRUTH (Letter to my sister) Oyinlola, Money can never worth the sweetness of honey Neither can volume of sweat determine income. Honey, indeed is honour, in truth, dignity;...
MISS PELL: Pweenx Orlieturn Hadarms
A current lady in kings school Who everyone had thought was cool. She lived downtown the street of Sloke Whose pathway's dirts can make one choke. She had some chubby...
IF I DO NOT LOVE YOU: Echezonachukwu Nduka
If days are totally gone when Flowers brought with their scents that Charm that is love- Even if all flowers die and there are no scents To grace our presence,...
FOR THE DEAD, FOR THE BEREAVED: Covenanted Chimnonso
when this sea o'erflows its borders, brother, when we are no more bothered by the weight of life's worries and cares; there is consolation yonder. -adieu? but we seek for...
LOVE IS WORTH THE TROUBLE
CRAWL under, jump! Obstacles must yield RUN after the one for whom you long STAND, fight on love’s battlefield FALL in love while still young a wizened heart is too...
VANITY WROTE A SONNET!
After the bugle call War begins and great men fall After the trumpet sound Amidst bloodshed, bleeding dreams abound When the bugle sounds Then regal vultures are called to feasting...
THE BOOK LEFT OPEN
He took The book. And as he began to write He began to cry... Tears ran From left eye To right. He looked from left to right He was alone Everyone...
THE NIGHTMARES VISITED ME TOO by Adeosun Pelumi
The gentle sigh of the night Lured me to sleep As i left behind the whispers Echoing through the voidness That suddenly surrounded me A hard descent, it was As...
MY HUT
My hut... My hut is my heaven Where every night I’m to laze Where not rats, cockroaches nor lizards are denied Where I get shelter, it is my haven There...