LIFE’S JOURNEY by Nick Chibundu
As Sunset gives rise to a new day Birth begins life's journey Stage by stage, we live, we learn While death comes without warning Stories of yesterday past Presents today's...
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...
LETTER TO SELF by Eseohe Ebhota Akoma
Dear self If you keep going backwards With the same people God has removed from your life You'll remain stuck No joy comes From being confused and unhappy Get rid...
DARK CLOUDS by Mfon Udoudo
Where do the clouds kiss the hills? When does dusk kiss the dawn? It's the point of the deals The point where they fawn Gently, slowly, the plant buds Morning,...
LIFE IS A CROOK by Oluwatoyosi Agbaakin
Life is a Crook 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...
THEY WONT TELL YOU by Jerry Joel
They wont tell you the truth Even when you ask, they'll keep mute They wont tell you that the road was full of thorns And that defeat and futility battled...
OGERE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Lie still you are In this coming and Going of chariots and their rides. If they please you, still, otherwise Lie still you are. The insight knows you It do...
DEATH by Cletus Nnaemeka
No one is bold when it's you in the corridor! Terror grips the household when it's you at the door! Sorrow lives with the household when you've someone on the...
DEATH, WHY? by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
for the young ones who have died before their time (Alawonde Lois. I., Dare Sax, Ayantoye Ayantosho and others) Why do you lay your cold fingers, on the ones who...
COURAGE OVER DISCOURAGEMENT by Uchenna Egbo
And so I thought of giving up, Having gained little from my effort. Courage did less to make me up, All I felt like was as an isolated maggot. The...