We Have Failed

A Vic’Adex poem on collective failure, violence and responsibility, first published in 2014 and later revised for Poetry Has All My Pain.

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Stepping Hopes

Poetry Stepping Hopes Poem by Vic’Adex · 2014 When dreams are becoming illusionYou can’t make out between visionOr delusion and your goals and dreamsSeem to be flying away on light beams When life’s silence grows louderAnd it seems the end is nearWhen stormy forces grow strongerAnd all our hopes are ‘strained by fear When darkness […]

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God Loves Us

A Vic’Adex faith poem on grace, divine love and human frailty, first published in 2013 and later reworked in Under the Influence.

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Is Dad God?

Poetry Is Dad God? Poem by Vic’Adex · 2013 He rules us – a fiery beast Supreme! Unquestionable fist He says he knows what’s best for all Through winter, summer, spring and fall To him we’re enslaved appliances To rule and stomp to compliance Our welfare his least agenda For his, we must run helter, […]

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My Fate, My Hands: I Make

A Vic’Adex poem on agency, destiny and self-determination, first published in 2013 and preserved in the Words on Rampage archive.

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My Heroine (To Dornu) — Oluwaseun A.

Read “My Heroine (To Dornu)” by Oluwaseun A., published in PM News on 22 Feb 2001, on love & relationships, devotion and romance.

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Dupe — Gabriel Fadun

Read “Dupe” by Gabriel Fadun, published in PM News on 22 Feb 2001, on love & relationships, romance and Valentine.

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Glory (To Maureen) — Aries

Read “Glory (To Maureen)” by Aries, published in PM News on 22 Feb 2001, on love & relationships, devotion and mortality.

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Legacy of dying father — Mrs. Shabih Zehra Husaini

The archive Legacy of dying father Poem by Mrs. Shabih Zehra Husaini · 1994 “Death overpowers me My son! I can now hear Its stealthy steps And the knell, being tolled. But before I cross the threshold of life Before I part with you I wish to give you these precious jewels Which have been […]

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Togetherness — Mukhtar S. ‘Wakeel

The archive Togetherness Poem by Mukhtar S. ‘Wakeel · 1994 The sourness in our togetherness Should bring no hate or bitterness For that’ll be pure madness And we’ve enjoyed too much happiness To be grieved by such sadness. I do not believe we can bear The pains and anguish that follow A broken intimate affair […]

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