The archive There is No Tomorrow Poem by A. Detunji · 1981 Yesterday is but a dreamTomorrow is only a visionBut to-day well lived makesEvery yesterday a dream ofHappiness, and everyTomorrow a vision of hope.Look well, therefore, tothis day. A. Detunji EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Nigeria Magazine on 01 Jan 1981, p. 119. This […]
The archive Serener silences beg our scorch Poem by Tope Omoniyi · 1984 And we grope in mutenessSilenced in the noose of oiled barrels.We are silent, we are dumbObscene winds corrode our silent soulsScars of bodypress usurp sanctuariesOf winepressSerener silences tell our blistered peaceEndgates and bodypresses tell tales of silence. Tope Omoniyi EDITOR’S NOTE Originally […]
The archive Whispered echoes Poem by Victor Offiong · 1994 By the side of echelon of livingI camp with hopeAwaiting crumbs from the generals’platesAgainst my due rights –O Abremuong! render me a chanceTo gather in time the whisperedechoesAs I lay siege to the threshold. Let measurement of my lofty experi-encesTrust in referencesAlong footprint of the […]
The archive Perhaps there might have Poem by Solomon Ayagere · 1981 No students’ crisis beenAnd April might have passedWithout Black Friday ………….. Perhaps May might not haveVisited a flood on the“Broken Chinas” of IbadanPerhaps…….Perhaps…….Perhaps! Hail “uneventful” June and JulyWelcome respite in mid-tunnelCosmic turning-point I dialled O – I for Lagos in AugustReached out to […]
The archive Woman Poem by Emma Ohanele · 1993 The subject of many creative minds who write aboutthe many faces of woman.Those hands that rock the cradlenow wield the pen, drive a lexus,sign off multi-million Naira projects,cook the meal, draw the waterand till the earth. WomanYou God’s fair creationMeant to build a nationRemain just a […]
The archive Upright shadow bends toward earth at dusk’s approach Poem by Solomon Ayagere · 1981 upright shadow bends towardearth at dusk’s approach No matter then whetherwe be prostrate or aplumbfor in our end is our beginning;in our beginning is our end- One spring gives life and death their agencies! Solomon Ayagere EDITOR’S NOTE Originally […]
The archive This Lagos! Poem by Isaac Umunna · 1991 I’ve never been to a place like thisbeforeA place where pleasure and painAre evenly yokedGlamorous people with glamorouslifestylesDowntrodden masses with pitiablelifestylesScheming and struggling for sur-vivalI’ve never been to a place like thisbeforeA place where houses are buriedIn a maze of iron protectorsAnd streets have gates […]
The archive Capital market Poem by Ibrahim Isa Abbas · 1992 The market for stock and shareFor those having some change tospareOne buys from a JobberBut, only through a brokerThe agent of the investorTheir language is straight andclearThose who come for divvyShould come with equityThose who come for (interest) theprice of moneyShould come with loan […]
The archive New Nigeria Poem by Victor Offiong · 1993 Let those who seekFor the new waysNot weary of the beginningWhen the past is forsakenBut only the present is takenWith all pomps and paradeThen to hatch that self-relianceLies in the womb of the futureIs bound in shallows.The contents of our Daily TimesAre mixed with import […]
The archive On money Poem by Umaru Garba · 1992 Why humanity ever create thisLittle coins and worthless paperscalled moneyThat enslave all their effortsBecoming the most blinding of pas-sionTranscending all honest virtuesBlinding the heart of majorityinto dubiousness and criminalityImmorality and decadenceIn both polity, and culturesDestroying communality and com-mercialising relations,Turning some to parasites, specula-torsThat live in […]