The archive ABEOKUTA Poem by Olawale Obadeyi · 1987 Where the hilarious harèèGenially guided the erringFeet of the new-callerAnd heaven-high hills Tell of their mightymoulder’sWondrous wits.Where rustic rafters a Steady roof-hold forQuaint abodes providedAnd the hunter’s houndTreasured as the blacksmithHis Ewiri at the smithyWhere the legendary Lisabi satIn conclave with fateAnd both in mutual affirmationIntoned […]
The archive My love Poem by Uguoyoke Cosmas Sonny · 1993 I must love my loveFor love is lostI must love my shieldFor the arrow is shotLike a sick-baby I layAnd know no joy nor sorrowBut is comforted When depression, humiliation, praise andTorment strikeI call on you as though divineBecause you know the cureAs mother […]
The archive Zainab Poem by Suleiman Zailani · 1993 All of a sudden the bird singsPraises instead of condemnationSpasmodically respondingTo magnanimous rays shootingForth from your eyes. I stalk warily approaching youAnticipating a mirageOnly to beholdInstead of a moving shadowA pool of tenderness. Inference indeed erroneousThe desert is a fertile turfFecundated with a noble heartThat harvest […]
The archive Drummers Poem by Diyel Garba · 1994 Listen to them once morePlaying on the taut drumOf human passionAt the cabalistic covens. Fingerplug your earsNot to hear the siren tattooOf gamto which shearsOff human reason. Beware the leopard’sAwesome membraneThat excites the heartTo hanker forStreams of gore. And do not heedThe primitive messageNo, do not […]
The archive Elegie on Mris Boulstred Poem by John Donne · 1987 Nor will this earth serve him; he sinkes the deepeWhere harmelesse fish monastique silence keepe,Who (were Death dead) by Roes of living sand,Might spunge that element, and make it landHe rounds the aire, and breakes the hymnique notesIn birds (Heavens choristers,) organique throats,Which […]
The archive Paranoid at New Year Poem by Molara Ogundipe-Leslie · 1992 Paranoid at New Year Molara Ogundipe-Leslie Misfortune drapes the head!are the mothers flying stillrelentless heartlesshurtle down a hillwhen the year turns itsunderbelly of newness?will you impale meon the new days’ teeth? EDITOR’S NOTE First published in Citizen, 6 January 1992, p. 72, in […]
The archive Crumps from Anee’s Table Poem by Anam Ntukidem · 1970 Crumps from Anee’s Table Let the crumps fall:Millions of God's childrenAre dying of starvation,Like sore-littered LazarusYet nearly all of them pray dailyOn bended knees, hands outstretchedFor their daily bread. Let the crumps fall;So that the Kingdom of God may comeOn earth to meet […]
The archive Humble Collection Poem by Abdulkadir Babajo · 1990 Humble Collection Abdulkadir Babajo Compatriots please attention:Have a glance in this directionAnd eye this humble collectionNot much in it for the mentionJust a crooked conjugationMay be a twisted equationOr some verbose vociferationIf you venture your suggestionEven if it means correctionIt is kind salutationBoosting morale for […]
Submitted poem ’BANJI OLATONA: I BID THEE FAREWELL! Poem by Oluwatomilola K. Boyinde · 2026 Sleep on beloved, sleep and take thy rest lay Down thy head upon thy saviours breast We love thee, but Jesus loves thee best Until we meet again before his throne Clothed in the spotless robe He gives his own […]
Submitted poem AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2013! Poem by Adeola Poet Adebowale · 2026 Poor pitch of play Disappointing players/teams Officiating;Total show of shame Disgraceful Tournament Organization. ……………………………… Everything is now a shadow of itself No longer holding the place of pride The centre no longer holds;things falling apart even from scratch Africa,Oh Africa! Who […]