Submitted poem LORD, WHO WILL I MARRY? Poem by James T. Abel Adesitimi · 2026 LORD, WHO WILL I MARRY? Underneath the doleful clouds Stood I lone and haggard Ashore a forlorn sea Mooning over To the tale of sad-love The giants who marry their graves And the sweet nectars Which later turn to poison […]
Submitted poem BROKEN Poem by Kingsley U. Ayistar · 2026 She took death pills while counting her curses. A brutal husband and a barren womb… Her disconsolate heart, grave grief, nurses. She took death pills. While counting her curses, Her fidgeting hands scrawl suicide verses. She hopes to find rest in a quiet tomb. She […]
Submitted poem JOROMI Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2026 JOROMI [god of swaying legs] Call the rain to gather again Tell the dark cloud to shield upon our land Let the winds whistle rhythmically In the ambience of those trained palms Jarring tempted beats. Joromi, Our land has cheated you. But tonight, Our hips wouldn’t […]
Submitted poem CHILD (For Universal Children’s day) Poem by Lekh Raj · 2026 CHILD (For Universal Children’s day) Child Carry me you said, “Up on high” I hoisted you onto my shoulders. We traveled someway up ahead, and then set-off again, on foot. “Everybody in the world are cousins,” you said. “Yes variably so, by […]
Submitted poem Grace Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2026 Grace Gently sailed O’er troubled waters Grace begotten, thats all that matters Heart muttering songs of an overcomer Changed, my life was, from the former. Grace- undeserver thy psalmist cry In stormy weather and cloud, the worthy thy In drowning hopes, saved my soul Till I […]
Submitted poem THE THINKER’S MIND Poem by Adewumi Benedict Olumide · 2026 THE THINKER’S MIND THE THINKER’S MIND When not properly nurtured, one cannot be adequately structured. If one is not trained in the way to go, one will not know the way to grow. If patience is taken out of a serious task, what […]
Submitted poem POLICE BRUTALITY Poem by SIMTHEMBILE MAQONDA-SonOfTheSoil ZINGELWA · 2026 POLICE BRUTALITY Diallo , Dialo – similar to Steven Biko Diallo, Diallo – you told me the murder was an error Wyclef Jean song keeps ringing in my head A blackman was shot 41 times Like a lot of our black brothers and sisters […]