Abegunde Sunday These zephyrs of thoughts my muse blowsas poesy flows, to seas of souls,to splash fluids of reminiscenceon fiery hearts and fighting hands. Gone black heroes had worked for peaceand had gone through tough odysseys,to bring black soil tranquillityand entombed corpse of enmity. Won’t disunity now exhumebenumbed enmity from that tomband make dispute breastfeed […]
Akinbode Israel Life is best at night, Lights peeking through the sky, Fireflies dancing around displaying beauties, The dust sleeping on her sandy bed, An empty path of dead footprints, Murmuring wind speaking to himself, Caging every air into refrigerated boxes, In the absence of no one, Heartbeats clearly heard. Life is best at night, […]
Adewale Ajagbe I felt the clouds Gathering beneath My sentimental scrotum And I knew I would soon come It built up steadily like the birth Of a new day There was chaos under my skin As veins and capillaries transported liquids like fulani men Transporting nama on the eve of eid’l kabir I felt its […]
Adesina Aanuoluwapo I stare lovingly at her eyebrows, arching downwards like a spear, deep into my skin it ploughs, And from that wound comes a tear. I lose myself in her eyes like an abyss, leaving the light of loneliness above, her smile provides a sweet sour bliss, falling deeper and deeper in love. I […]
Courage Salmice When the brook cease, and thirst grows by itselfAnd the Sun itself goes between shadowsLetting out dreary lights in sickly rows.When faith falters, and fear grows by itselfGive the wind thy fears, for Help is nigh thee. Time, talents, and gold, may their increase ceaseThe surest wind of aid may fold its wingMerits […]
Akinwemimo Idris “Here, future’s voices once unheard. To slavery lieges at golden harbors” We will dock when vessel does At shore where water splashes, Where in peace all to be layed, To treat dismayed heart’s wounds. We will return when sun again shine. ‘Burie’ not all we unwilling left, Broken-handle-cups, the rags. The stools, the […]