BEFORE YOU…
[caption id="attachment_1240" align="aligncenter" width="216"] Before You...[/caption] Before you I stand. Under the spell of your wand; Made dumb by your voice, And deafened by your silence. Before you I squat....
IS THIS THE FEELING?
[caption id="attachment_1198" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Is This The Feeling?[/caption] Is this the feeling? Heart yearning For what is not, Action and thought Ruled by one And one alone? My breath is...
IVETA! (for Iveta Lemo)
[caption id="attachment_1165" align="aligncenter" width="242"] Iveta[/caption] Iveta! Slender stalk, swaying like sugarcane stalk Dancing at the bidding of the wooing breeze, I see you and I pause in my evening walk...
WHEN WE WAR…
[caption id="attachment_1160" align="aligncenter" width="300"] When We War...[/caption] Drums of war again!? Guns, — spitting— Every breath is gone... Widows, — teary — Looking out of windows... Daughters, — weak— Lamenting...
LOVERS’ DESIRE (by Chukwunonso Ogum Jojo)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="284"] Lover's Desire[/caption] Baby, Under the trance Of summer night, When dreams of the night come, I, Shall hug your tender body With love And quench The...
BRING BACK THE PEACE
Its time to lay down swords And heal the sores With heartfelt words. ... Kill them, they are infidels, Kill them, one and all, Damned spiritual rebels! Alas! From the...
PATH TO BLOOM (a nature poem by Francis Achonu Egu)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384"] 4RAN6 Francis Achonu Egu[/caption] Path to Bloom Close to our window Lived a tall tree Front of our house Her leaves littered It looked old and...
THAT GIRL…
[caption id="attachment_929" align="aligncenter" width="300"] That Girl...[/caption] She is the personification Of beauty in motion. She is the notes on the sheet That guides the drummer's beat. She is the scent...
PRE-EXISTENCE (by Fr. Albert Jungers)
[caption id="attachment_880" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pre Existence[/caption] If I could be before myself Then I might never have been here… But the die was cast, without my help And so I...
HATE ME AND LIVE (on broken Love by Owokere A. Etim)
[caption id="attachment_845" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hate Me And Live[/caption] It seems I have been known By fruits only for a brief season sown True, I do not deny my sins: That...