THE WORLD IS DEAD El Sane Ken Silencer
I was asleep, when I heard the whoops that sane's awake but when I woke I found sane dead And I cried... 'The world is dead.' Now a ghost Wandering,...
MISSING SIGHT by Ololade Akinlabi
Suddenly we lost our sights Our light now our night All day long darkness is what we can see Our children are no longer imageries in our retina To exile...
SORDID REMUNERATIONS by Jesse Asonze
The disconnect between man and himself A confusion I am yet to understand A debate I am yet to join And never might The dangerous desires of man And how...
MISS ANNE THROPE by Aremu Adams Adebisi
She abhors 2face Idibia, And hates the role of Anita. She hates in shrieks and rolls in bed, And says, 'oh P-Square has not wed.' She sees Jonathan as a...
CITY OF OWLS by Efe Ogufere
Despair… A parliament divided, the nation in flight When death came in hoots, we stepped aside. A mother laughs when her tears are spent Blood and smoke creates a perfect...
LETS GO TO THE SLUMS by Ojembe Victor
Living below a dollar per day They wait for no pay Scavenging for their daily pay Waiting for merchant at their ugly bay After their routine sick hustle They...
PORNOGRAPHY by Olawale Ibiyemi
We want to watch our mothers Clamber the hills of ecstasy And briskly touch ourselves in pursuit. The father without shame pummels His daughter with the rod Not meant for...
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...
A REPORTER FROM ZAIRE by Efe Ogufere
Her palms are sweaty… His are dry and firm, how can he be so calm? She is all he ever wanted in a woman…he often quipped. Why the foreboding feeling...
FATHERS OF INSANITY by Abdulbasit Abubakar Adamu
We are fathers of insanity Rowing down these boats to the land of charity Like Zombies on the streets walking slow. But our infections on the body makes you low....