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Love.. — Olusola Kuti

Love.. Love.. my heart fluttered like a dove Webs of feelings in my heart wove. Love is pain..pain of love My heart cries for more My mind,indignantly swore "No more"it said Forgive me,at romance I’m poor I loved and loved, groveling at the floor Now I have no more tears to cry No more strength […]

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Remember us too.. — Adedayo Agarau

Remember us too.. Remember us too.. So when you shall write the budget budgeted for your stingily hungry Tommy, remember us! Remember us, we children on the far corner of the rougher streets that takes pleasure in struggles. Remember us too, aged mothers. our teeth can no more break hustles. Remember us, for in this […]

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I AM BLACK! — Adesina Collins Dhonphonie

I AM BLACK! I am black I am black and I love it I am black In this skin I am proud I am black I am proud of the value possess I am black In me, a lot is shelved In my black skin… The abilities, love The senses… all of me Beneath my […]

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GO! O THOU MY SOUL — Asaolu kolawole

GO! O THOU MY SOUL GO! O THOU MY SOUL And now that your golden moon must roll inside the garden of lust chasing and embracing fate to build a new man from chains prisoner of dream camourflaging the real idol in saint who foresake sins but adore its curse Now go! go to the […]

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Unhappily Ever After — Sheila Moseley

Unhappily Ever After Alone She sits in her dress Designer made original For her special day The presents are unopened The cake hasn’t been cut Her lipstick untouched Her vows never shared No guests remain Remnants of an unsuccessful ceremony Surround her Crowd her Her happily ever after The prince of her dreams The man […]

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I PLEDGE — James T. Abel Adesitimi

I PLEDGE I pledge to poetry My glorious country To straight the truth Not to bend the truth To call a spade, a spade Not a spade, a rake I pledge to poetry My glorious country To combat all lies And their office-ministers Who paint our souls a deceit With the colours of theft I […]

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MORE THAN AN INDIAN LOVE STORY. — Oluwatobi Emmanuel

MORE THAN AN INDIAN LOVE STORY. Mountains i’m willing to climb. Oceans i will swim across. Walls i will scale over. Just to find your love. All these you’ve heard before. Then i will do feats never thought of. All for one. All for you. I’ll mark my love on the moon. Use the stars […]

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Salutary Experience — Agbarakwe Eugenia Adaku

Salutary Experience Each treacherous day brings in the wise Seditiousness of unbelieving eyes I conceded myself Homeric years ago And spellbound in Journey to this lesson now How do you tell the young wrath to pass The reflexive is the active’s looking- glass The trail finds it’s only response time Time turned defector to the […]

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NO STEEL WITHOUT HEAT — Daniel Ikechukwu Ndukwu

NO STEEL WITHOUT HEAT When our faith stands like a weary tree When we place our trust on sand that sinks Like peter, pull us from this deep blue sea We Thomases, show us thy hands and feet When we struggle day and night without sleep We fetch water with baskets, at the end we […]

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Ejika [Shoulder] — Adedayo Agarau

Ejika [Shoulder] Sitting, held by the wind of thought. On the winged tree of the owls, Igi Araba, I sit, taken aback. Eledumare* blesses the day the sun from your beauty shone on the dark places of my heart. Swung in to the pool of love. Taken away by the secrets of care into the […]

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