Elemide Benjamin In the day,we journey into the sunto bathe our tomorrowin the rivers of colours. At night,sun journeys into usto be baptized in our dreamswhile we memorize script of death. We journey the path of timeas though we know the end,only to discover itis a beginning to another life. We become beggars,begging desert for […]
Tiwister I watched as the dry season, huggedthe rainy season goodbye.entering my dorm as my new Lord.though she wield a longer rod, yetmy sorrowful songs isn’t loud enoughto lure the distant ears of freedom Sunny days have failedto carve better lanes thangory gutters on my face. now,the moon is here; but my shattered pastseeks brighter […]
Kanyisola Olorunnisola Somewhere in Kano, a coven of alchemistsconverge for a witchery far beyond the reachof mortal men. They are guided by the night’sunwavering dark, like candles inside an ocean,they let their light dissolve into a liquidity whichwill haunt the world into submission. They areattempting the impossible – they are indeed bringingPangaea back. Millions of […]
Soul'e Rhymes I was a little chap without bread and brain,But I was not hungry for food,I wanted only wisdom,For only this will fill my bellyand bring me kingdom. I was starving, I was thirsty,I was left with nothing, but ungracious ragsfrom those merciful neighbors,Whose rags are better than mine,Yet I wanted neither food nor […]
Gbenga Sile When the dust settlesA sense of calm pervades the sceneReality stares at its creationAs the facade hides away in shame There’s nothing hidden under the sunSecrets may tarry for generationsSomeday however, Someday somehowThe blind eyes would see what they never saw The wind has blownThe fowl’s anus is exposedThe feathers could only cover […]
Ijalusi Samuel In the colony of deprived ignoranceBe twisted is the dance – dance to fallFlame of nourishing conquestBewildered to the overthrown capitalSacred shrines of the gods. The excruciating excursion of the weaver birdIs the exhilarating extinction of our inheritanceIn the name of the wayHaving hatching eggs laidAs harvest of new millennium, dancing to the […]
Adewale Ajagbe I saw you todayTwisting your fine warm waistYou moved with so much calmAnd poise, making my eyes thePrisoners of your danceI was intoxicated with the graceyour curves the sweet symmetryof your ivory skin you fell in love with the rhythmsof the song, and plastered yourpresence in the midst of the rhymes you danced […]
McBenny Life is harder than I thoughtFetch me a seatThat I may tell you what I’ve seen. Life is harder than I thoughtGather the dwellers of this enclaveAnd I’d tell you the mysteries thereof. Life is harder than I thoughtFor it’s thorny fareChoking the sweetness thereof. Life is harder than I thoughtFor to the denizensIt’s […]
Arc Angel From my hotel window,I see yellow sun leap off golden rooftopsInto the heights above.Abuja’s reminder of the brevity of my existence.I see metal caress airAs defiant cars swoop past men in grandeur.Trees sway in the wind,Dancing to the heartbeat of the earth.This city on a hilltop tells its own story,Tales of capitalism, of […]