Where Is My Future

Original poetry Where Is My Future Poem by Vic’Adex · 2014 From Greatness Too Is Meant for You, an unpublished 2014 manuscript by Adetimilehin Inioluwa Victor (Vic’Adex). Lightly edited for grammar while preserving the original voice. Where are the likes of Fela? In this age of no storyteller, With the thorns and the tears, Yet […]

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Freedom Trails

Original poetry Freedom Trails Poem by Vic’Adex · 2014 From Greatness Too Is Meant for You, an unpublished 2014 manuscript by Adetimilehin Inioluwa Victor (Vic’Adex). Lightly edited for grammar while preserving the original voice. It has been a very long walk, Manly actions and defiant talks. The gigantic whale has fallen, The ocean looks on […]

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For Mother

Original poetry For Mother Poem by Vic’Adex · 2014 From Greatness Too Is Meant for You, an unpublished 2014 manuscript by Adetimilehin Inioluwa Victor (Vic’Adex). Lightly edited for grammar while preserving the original voice. For mother who always is! My spectacle, my gold, my gargantuan bliss. She plasters my forehead with loving kiss. This piece […]

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The Extra Mile

Original poetry The Extra Mile Poem by Vic’Adex · 2014 From Greatness Too Is Meant for You, an unpublished 2014 manuscript by Adetimilehin Inioluwa Victor (Vic’Adex). Lightly edited for grammar while preserving the original voice. The height which great men oft attain, ‘Tis hard for others to obtain. For while we sleep all through the […]

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The Stormy Wind — Uncredited (Nigeria Magazine)

Read “The Stormy Wind”, an uncredited poem published in Nigeria Magazine on 1 January 1984, on storm damage, weather and community loss.

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Papa’s Obsequies — T. C. Nwosu

Read “Papa’s Obsequies” by T. C. Nwosu, published in Nigeria Magazine on 1 January 1980; an archival elegy on death, mourning and grief.

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Native Prisoners — Olatunde Ayinde Oladunjoye

Read “Native Prisoners” by Olatunde Ayinde Oladunjoye, first published in The Republic on 10 Apr 1990; an archival poem on politics, imprisonment and social justice.

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The call of fajr — Abba Gana Shettima

Read “The call of fajr” by Abba Gana Shettima, first published in Citizen on 28 Jun 1993; an archival poem on faith & spirituality.

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Nightingale — Obinna Chilekezi

Read “Nightingale” by Obinna Chilekezi, first published in Citizen on 15 Jul 1991; an archival poem on nature.

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Lest I be deranged — Mustash

Read “Lest I be deranged” by Mustash, first published in Citizen on 15 Jul 1991; an archival poem on romantic longing.

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