FOOLISH ME! by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
I toil night and day leaving no room for rest; For I thought to myself, ‘Rest is for those whom idleness have impressed’. So I turned an owl at night...
THATS by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
That that will go Money that will go. That that will go Friends that will go. That that will go Attires that will go. That that will go Positions that...
VANITY MISSION by Ololade Akinlabi
The journey to somewhere actually to nowhere Underneath the penniless skin lies the sleeping bones cracking, rumbling and snoring wakes when the light smiles Set into motion till the power of...
VANITY by Saidu Mark Jatau
They amassed wealth and goods, Refusing to share with those that have no food, And pride themselves in opulence, such fools! Now come and see them in their graves, With...
PSITTACISME by Joseph Omojuwa
Life, Vanity upon vanity! Counting countless countable, Of memories memorized for memories Bathing bateless battle, Of agonies, agonized from agony Deepening dripless depth, Of sanity, sanitized for sanctity Patching pathless...
CHASING THE TEMPEST by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Many saw I that wrought hard and labor, Toils to succeed, jealous of `s neighbour; Weepings of oppress`d flows as runnels, And no comforters to be their channels; But better it is, A man...
MISS MARY KAY: Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale
Her face is painted Without a touch of art Her beauty is tainted As it sinks down her heart She needs attention So she uses a dozen makeup Then gets...
VANITY WROTE A SONNET!
After the bugle call War begins and great men fall After the trumpet sound Amidst bloodshed, bleeding dreams abound When the bugle sounds Then regal vultures are called to feasting...
VANITAS VANITATUM
Yes! I am now in power My house is too small, i need new one There must be a garden at the extreme An hedonist way of life I want...
DECORATED VANITY
In reminiscence Those foot steps at that unusual hour As she strode in graciously in her majestic apparel Even without having a glance I couldn't deny her amorous and sensual...