Read “Disappointment of love” by Abdulmalik Mohammed Shaba, first published in Citizen on 20 Sep 1993; an archival poem on love, heartbreak and disappointment.
The archive Paulina Poem by Alhassan · 1993 You are my only loveFor only you I loveYou are the only one I loveOnly you is my love Alhassan EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Citizen on 20 Sep 1993, p. 35. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page. View the […]
The archive My angel (For A’isha) Poem by Abba Ibrahim · 1993 To you A'isha my angelMy fair precious of endless lovePrincess of my real life fantasyYou symbolise the epitome of womanhoodGlamorous, gorgeous, gracefulInstant like a gazelleOh, how I adore your lovely stemExquisite is the elegance of your formYour dazzling eyes speak volumes to meYou […]
The archive Flying a Kite Poem by Abdulkadir Babajo · 1990 I will learn to fly a kiteSo I can be prompt on siteBut how can I change the habit of othersTo stop coveting colours and feathersI've often seen ugly sightsCommuters exchanging blows in fightsThese are all children of mothersWho are some how claiming fathersPeople […]
The archive Life is Barter Poem by Abdulkadir Babajo · 1990 Life is barter you get when you caterExchanging something for something is lifeWhen you have life get something and masterBecause what you master is your tool in lifeYou can learn something faster,Than you thought in lifeYou can learn polishing a counterAnd making things with […]
The archive Watchman Poem by Shehu El-Hafiz · 1992 You there, with sharps eyesPeering into the dark:What do you see —Is it the emaciated antsOr those belching rats and rats?And listening with pricked ears:Do you not her the groansAnd jeering guffaw from velvety voices?You there, with heartBoiling and slamming and flutter-ing:Splintered soul down the drain! […]
The archive Return to Zango Poem by Kabir Abubakar Mohammad · 1992 Let fear dominate you notFor the greatest enemy is fear itselfHave control over thy fearsYour fields are screaming for careYour homes longing for thy pres-enceYour dead feeling quite desertedReturn to Zango with no fearsAs the injured oneHave no fearTruth is stronger than outlandish […]
The archive Sweet Child of Bethlehem Poem by A. G. A. Sam, Ghana · 1967 Sweet Child of BethlehemThe door of my heart, this day,I open, Lord, to Thee,Stay, I pray, always with me,Sweet Child of Bethlehem. To Thy little manger lead me,Where flow never-ending blessing,Where nightingales joyfully singing,Just Thy beauteous self to see. My […]
The archive Plight of the poor Poem by Ishaq Isma’ila Haruna · 1992 Plight of the poorIn a world of riches, poverty isobscene. Not many of thoseblessed with the goodies ofthe earth, care for the wretched ofthe earth. Yet they exist and look-ing, the other way does not erasetheir world of neglect. for me, now,I […]