LETTER TO A STRANGER by Bamas Sinach VicToria
Hello Stranger, I look for you in every faceWhen I am walking, in a crowded hall, at the bus terminalI search for you in every smile, in every look, in...
ONCE UPON A TIME by Uchenna Odukwu
Once upon a time In a country I call mine There rose a broom party Fed by change clothed sympathy An entity of old wine in a new skin...
SCARS by Mayor Jake
My heart is pegged with scars. Each scar, telling different tales. Beautifully bitter scars looking like gars That are made to live within the dales. I don't want to tell...
WAITING FOR TOMORROW by Aisosa Omorodion
When the bride finally meets her groom All will be set to utilize the bedroom As it is the zenith of the bloom Yearning for another tomorrow promises Working restlessly...
LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Not the dead or lost, I revile That I lament and mourn sore; Neither regret him gone to exile, This sun I shall see no more; Do I cry for...
THE WORLD IS A NUMBER by El Sane Ken Silencer
The world is a number to me, I see nothing in the ground except sand, when i look up, I see only the cloud- The sky... When the young die...
THE SECOND COMING by Joshua Levites
Before morning, there was moaning Smearing the innocence of the night, With two bodies entwined, To cause havoc Absent conscience, Absent worries, No thoughts, Just sounds, Gasps, And then snaps...
THE LAST OF SEASONS by Jesse Asonze
My inspiration is nowhere to be found I hear nothing, not an echo, not a sound I think it means I am no longer earth bound That I should now...
NEW YEAR by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Let all hearts break into joy With gratitude boiling Beyond containing measure For the great pleasure Of witnessing a New Year Like a sweet soft flowing streams The year has...
WHEEL IT AWAY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
On the wings of the wind Wheel it away 2016 and all its strings Toss it away into past days Let it down at the occident With the slow death...