Adoring the dead — Mustapha S. Bello Paiko

The archive Adoring the dead Poem by Mustapha S. Bello Paiko · 1993 I rose from my nocturnal voyage Aloof from the living day light As the tentacles of the rays of the morning sun Pierce through the crevices of my hut’s shutter I arise! I gazed up at the sky I looked intensively at […]

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Uninvited guest — Suleiman Zailani

The archive Uninvited guest Poem by Suleiman Zailani · 1993 Your presence is felt again My uninvited guest Who provoke unprovoked In me furores of mystical sensations And leave me spent On your gradual departure Etching indelible vestiges On my plains of personality O, You harbinger of hazy vistas Your presence acknowledged Your message patiently […]

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Mystique — Mohammed Alh. Nanu Potiskum

The archive Mystique Poem by Mohammed Alh. Nanu Potiskum · 1993 Is it early an age? I wondered. As I remember death and pondered When then was I born? I lingered. And when will I die? Is now my mystery. Mohammed Alh. Nanu Potiskum · 1993 EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Citizen on 8 February […]

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The dove — Mr. I.B. Musa

The archive The dove Poem by Mr. I.B. Musa · 1993 Wailing and loud lamentations, Weeping for her children, For she refused to be consoled, Because they were no more, Behind the eyes, And mind ranging, Wildly as a strayed cow, The voice strong and steady, But with tears and, Sharp pent-up feeling. Mr. I.B. […]

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Freedom — Danladi Garba Tal

The archive Freedom Poem by Danladi Garba Tal · 1993 It is a free world Yet nobody is free Where would I find freedom? In this world devoid of peace and solace? I am a bird In a cage Eager to fly I want to flap my wings again And fly with unlimited glee I […]

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I yearn — Armaya’u Umar Baba

The archive I yearn Poem by Armaya’u Umar Baba · 1993 I yearn I hold you and touch you I yearn For our hearts to beat as one I yearn To feel your breath and warmth against mine I yearn. But Lo! There are barriers Laws we both respect Patient we have to be Until […]

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My petite — Abba T.A. Sheriff

The archive My petite Poem by Abba T.A. Sheriff · 1993 Oh ye my petite Your golden brown shirleyless face Magnetise I to you Your milk-white eyes brighten my heart Your fairy voice my best melody Your velvet lips need no stick Your thirty-two brighter than diamond Arabian damsels envy your hair Oh ye my […]

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I saw him — Abba T.A. Sheriff

The archive I saw him Poem by Abba T.A. Sheriff · 1993 He said, It’s unhygenic To share spoon It’s unhygenic To share cup It’s unhygenic To share towel Not even with my wife But I saw him Yes I saw him Mouth in mouth Like a pigeon feeding a young one Kissing a lady […]

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Adolescence — Josie Louis — Adokuru

The archive Adolescence — Josie Louis Poem by Adokuru · 1993 I heard of him, I met him, And then he wrote me. I shunned him, I scorned him, And then we became friends. Thrown over us, The cloak of friendship, Binds us together, forever. We craved for more, A much more stronger cloak; And […]

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Talking love — Nuhu Yar’wa Bida

The archive Talking love Poem by Nuhu Yar’wa Bida · 1993 Like a man and woman pairs man and poetry peers walking side by side in pride Like two souls sharing a common thought: As one is made from the other And that other is fused to the other Like say the case of magnet […]

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