MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi
I am my own chariot and warrior Winning battles without collecting enemies' lots It is queasy If my quiver is full of breathless warriors What sound of gong is sweet...
MAMI by Amore David Olamide
There are words for her that I will tell to the ears of Aresa There are words for her that I will tell to the ears of Alara There are...
UNRIPE MOTHERS by Akodu Oluwaseun Shedrack
Mothers! the ones we had in those days They were mothers of reference and reverence The ones we knew then are Nation-building mothers... The ones we had then were Ransom-payer...
THE WOMAN by Saidu Mark Jatau
If I was a girl, Would I agree to be schooled only to graduate and be wooed, worked and have pay, and be chained by a ring in the name...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 3: THE SILENT OBSERVER by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, Dawn met her again on her rickety stool. Her eyes had seen what her mouth would always whisper; Was it Ashake's adoption (Aye! That was her name - The...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 4 (Finale): PROPHECY REBOUNDS by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, The booming voice of the silent gods, Their will has been enacted; Sacrifice was made in flesh, blood And Ashake's Maidenhead. Alade threw a huge tantrum But the gods...
CARRION FOR THE GODS 2: A TRAVELLER’S TRAVAIL by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Time stretched like acres of farmland And the North star soon lost its twinkle. The dews dropped like soaked balls of fluffy cotton, The day was unproductive like the other....
CARRION FOR THE GODS 1: THE SACRIFICE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Drumbeats, The voice of the silent gods. Papa is still without, digging trenches And mama fried akara balls At the village outskirt. The insistent pounding of the drum Caused my...
THIS GODDESS’ PLIGHT by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
While they played she like a nun in her mother's den learned with difficulty To make a home and to keep it learned under crude tutoring From the cradle to...
ASTARTE’S WOMB by Yolanda Lindsay Mabuto
She gazes into his distant thoughts as the mane of her flames sway in his haste. Captured by the silence of her victim- She mourns his taste. She etches into...