LAND OF PEACE WE PLEAD! by Ogedengbe Tolu Impact
Army bullying to fear Masses groaning in tears Where do we go from here? Land of peace we plead! Silence the guns, stop the blast Let peace be our hunger...
YOUR LIFE IS IN DUST: by Ndukwo Kalu Ugah
Have my alcohol and a push Imprisoned and tormented by a kush, You wear a madness tag, on the street with your rag. Your steps are perfect and just But...
THE PACT: by Onwuasoanya Chika Jones (Winner BPPC 2015, March)
When man first discovered that God, was not between his legs, He set out to find the diviner’s rod, And fill his flesh bowl with cloud dregs, The Nazarene walked...
FROZEN STARS: by Awa Chigozie Jerome
The nights came in spirals and left dots of silver frozen Like rapids of corals The dots froze in heaven The moon has been on guard Over the stars that...
CREATION: by Benjamin Elemide
I was on the 2015th stairs of time In the room of reason on a bright morning When I stumbled across a film- The creation. Curiosity lined by brow as...
PRAY TO THE GOD YOU KNOW by Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor
We have come to the hills of Enyi We the embodiment of clay and dust, We the least of the twelve caste Uncovered as we were on our birth Clothed...
HOPE: Oladimeji Babafemi
As rain is not for the dry days So is Hope not for yesterdays. Shall we seek a better past, Swallow memories of full plates emptied fast? Should we murmur...
I’M ALREADY GONE: Kay Ugwuzor
When I'm dead, Put my body in a metal box Throw it into the bottom of the sea So people would not come to see And pretend to mourn Who...
WHEN I’M DEAD: Covenanted Chimnonso
Prologue: Dear child, if you’re reading my biography Sometime in the near future, When I’m dead and dailies are eulogizing me, And you pick up this poem to read, Know...
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...