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, […]
Kemjy Xtien Breaks the spiritAnd exiles the soulTends false hopesAnd bends the throne.Leaks the truthAnd heals angerCaptures Hope’s villaAnd sets lies trails.Digs shallow mountainsAnd covers stairsSeparates the majesticAnd builds estates of frailty.Secludes your heartAnd burns your throne:So seek the wholeAnd sort all scrolls. Source: Enigmatic Global Concept Editor’s note: Originally published as part of the […]
Oluwatosin Olabode You can have a heart that forgivesBut to do this, you will need:A person that has offended youA willing spiritA heart wanting to be freed from painAnd you, a person that knows we are all but humans You can become deaf to the evil desires of this world,The lust of the eyes,The lust […]
Paul Alowo Tonight tonight, you are my cherry,and I your raspberry. you are my beauteous moon tonight,glorified with shining of slivery bright. tonight, you are my bride,I will lay you down on the bed of life,browse your garden to gather petals without blight,and compare your love not with wine. tonight, poetry is mine,she illuminate my […]
Chika Jones Does death come in seasons?Like the broken needles,On the tongues of winded dragons?Like the red of flowers in harmattan,Or does it come through the hole of scarabs,When brave young girls venture alone into the forests,And emerge with painted hands,I remember the lives of dead ones,Like a kaleidoscope of ever changing sounds,The baby’s first […]
Damilola Ojo Their eyes sparkle, gleaming at the possibilities of achievement, bodily perversion contravening the law of nature, the pulchritude of its eventuality glows in the minds of its initiators. ‘Soul nature differs from physical appearance’ The message of this deviance gradually pierces our conservative tradition, robbing our memory of its innocence, creeping into our […]