Vic’Adex turns Nigeria into an extended literary metaphor in this satirical spoken-word poem on corruption, resilience and national life.
Submitted poem Of A Road I Know Poem by Ololade Akinlabi · 2018 Ololade Akinlabi Of a road I know,Where poverty breeds richness,‘Baba rere, baba ke…’Trample over me and take the right of easement. Of a road I know,Where people laugh out their Cries.Attempt to kill oneself is a suicide,Having a helping hand is a […]
Submitted poem Where We Met Poem by HighOnWord · 2018 HighOnWord We met at a placeThat was to be a crossroadWhere men meet, greet and wavehoping to meet again,Maybe once, maybe twice a lifetime.We met there and stopped there.We laughed; we fought, fought andlaughed, butcould not go beyond.I looked back and returnedShe did the same […]
Submitted poem Vicious Circle Poem by Ijaiya Tahir · 2018 Ijaiya Tahir Hopefully, I will overcomeShamefully, I never doLike a song on replayI expected a familiar stimulusBut my solution wasmy problemIt goes on and on Trapped in endless timeI don’t mean life itselfBut the stimuli-response phenomenonI always come back for rematchA match I will definitely […]
Submitted poem Stars Poem by Enigmatic Olumide · 2018 Enigmatic Olumide Stardom is like an addiction to hard drugsIt’s the reason for our ailmentYet the high dose that aids our healing It’s the reason we wake every morningCraving for attentionThe search for relevance But irrelevances drove us hereLike chasing the wind, we catch nothingCheers when […]
Poetry Downstream Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 Downstream The sacred tears of angels flow Into rapids barren of love Downstream The blood of the innocent falls Into sacrificial bowls of violence Downstream The waterfalls of fleshy reaper Descend souls into heavens of hell Downstream The torrents of life Reverses tide on the hill of chaos […]
Poetry Justice Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 Justice keeps taking scarlet tans On hues of dark curly hairs than- Than hues brunette or blonde or straight Dying black men is stale of taste Justice left for greener pastures Pledging to coins, pledging to coy Innocence’s a pawn of chess toy Lusting for greedy overtures Who […]
Poetry Forgive? Yes! Forget? No! Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 Forgive? Yes, Forget? No! Too many roses have stained history’s snows Blunted arrows and broken bows But forgive me must Shall we forget when the noose hung From the hate that produced The hate that hate produced? Convince the Jews of Sobibor With a nice […]
Poetry Adunni (Love Poem) Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 I see men hovering around Sweating and bolstering to make you smile! Like the ants invading my moustache For imprints of sweets you left on my lips Their voices whispering appraising beauty of you Hope the heavens are not bankrupt It seems you emptied it’s glittering […]