Bolanle Funmilayo Adedayo Papa said you were a mistakeAll he wanted was a maleMama couldn’t understandTo her, your dream is a big joke. You look in the mirror and wonder,Why can’t they see?Why can’t they look beyond?Beyond the wretch and scarce. Deep inside you know you’ll winSomeday you’re gonna shineYou see a winner in the […]
Adeola Adegoke This is for you-our brotherwho hides behind the veilA master of unmoved moving lipsYou are the shadow of a gory man It’s for you who moans to mourn meAfter that night’s motionWhen my eyes regret Andmy fingers carried the cross of a corned human You-our brotherhave seen the veil as your homeFor you […]
Bliss Akinyemi Where I live, Men in no cent innocent are the incense spraying saints Yet, from afar, the scents of this saints murder innocence Where I live, Dirty dead men with PhD’s in pretense live on oxygen of influence Moral decadence; their delightful breakfast frustrated at noon and despised at night Where I live, […]
Williams O'Seun Dear Sis, I know I may ne’er know How you keep easy and in mirth Accustomed to the snug bra-strap’s banding, even in snow Brassiere, like the horse’s girding girth Darling sister, I sense I may ne’er get the senses Of how, monthly, you war within wriggly Tho’ you win, suffer bloodshed– menses […]
Alozor Michael There are no virile seeds To grow on this fertile land. No! No fertile land To grow these virile seeds. There is no voice To echo this truth Brewing in bleeding hearts. Oh! This voices wastes This voice, clear, resonant Full of messages Hollow, empty, void! Broken tools and machineries Dying, no, dead […]
Kolade Freedom Today, we reach the last day of yet another 31 days of poetry. Many thanks to the poets who submitted their works to be shared (you all are wonderful), and thanks to those who joined us in sharing like Kukogho Samson, Neofloetry, Graciano, Tade Writes, Iyabadan, Esoteric Joshua, Olulu, Chika Jones, etc. Some […]
Clemency Green I need your attentionWe’re no longer at easeOne end of our nation is lighting uplike rolled up cannabisBy people claiming religionbut are religious-lyhigh on cannabisHigh, the smoke rise-sInto the skiesSkies, that saturate with our criesCries, that evaporate from our eyesEyes, of a little child watching as his parent diesAnd his hands, his handsHis […]
Mesioye When we couldn’t see peace floating on waters of humanity,Our eyes were revived with seas jumping from our eerie eyelidsDown to the desert where anguish laid beneath pierced pores,Eating normalcy behind regrets that turned our lips to sorrow. We peeped through the shadows of dawn’s sigh,And all we could see were trees growing grief, […]