Submitted poem INNOCENCE DROWNED Poem by Oláníyì Tómilólá Abímibólá · 2026 INNOCENCE DROWNED Blood of the innocents shed With their lot and spoils taken. The war zones painted with blood – red! The buildings in the cities – shaken Yeah, we are the men in mask Our heart is guarded by stone Why we are […]
Poetry IN AFRICA Poem by Vic’Adex · 2013 Lions will roar me lullabies Dark nights will bring me fireflies Gazelles stride the savannah Monkey hunts for banana Kilimanjaro sits with his head in the clouds Alone, yet simply majestic Deserts, forests, savannah, swamps With mother, each one of them camps The rivers bring an all […]
Submitted poem ALTER PERSONALITIES IN ME Poem by SIMTHEMBILE MAQONDA-SonOfTheSoil ZINGELWA · 2026 ALTER PERSONALITIES IN ME Lolly: (On his knees, as blood slope down from his heart) I am dying my brothers, please help me Simthembile you can’t just stand there and watch him taking my life away I know I have persecuted you […]
Submitted poem THE SUN WILL SHINE. Poem by Justice Gift Ogochukwu · 2026 THE SUN WILL SHINE. My whole world is a pain. Though it won’t be today, someday I’ll hope again. Beauty will come from pain. My dreams ran like sand through my clutched fingers. Hope did crash-land Night, fright, plight are all that […]
Submitted poem MYSTERIES Poem by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka · 2026 The mysteries the eyes behold Must they be kept from the world, untold? The visions of the night The trance in broad daylight Three things there are that are too great for me Three things from which My inferiority of knowledge doth flee! The […]
Submitted poem STORMS Poem by Elosiuba Okechukwu Rhema · 2026 STORMS #FreeStyle BY: Elosiuba Okechukwu Rhema Someone… Anyone… Please placate the wailing cloud, Bid her to shed no more tears; Let her heavy heart mourn no more, For her tears have stolen our lands, Usurped us from our abode Compelling us to share in her […]
Submitted poem I’LL LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS Poem by Goodnews Mememugh Karibo · 2026 I’LL LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS I’ll live a thousand years, many lives I’ll touch The earth will harbour my two-way breezes in Anyways, my back the dust will die to mulch A thousand years, i said, I’ll live a sweet hymn […]