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Placards vs sirens — Ibrahim Sheme

The archive Placards vs sirens Poem by Ibrahim Sheme · 1992 Their placards cried in red For freedom, for rights denied: all day Underground yet the pittance Could not even buy ball shorts for a kid; So in big reds the placards protested Thinking you could overcome Your animal lust and act human. Through the […]

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Crystal Ball — Odia Ofeimun

Read “Crystal Ball” by Odia Ofeimun, published in Citizen on 06 Jan 1992, on mystery, fate and self-reflection.

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A Smile — S.A. Jegede

Read “A Smile” by S.A. Jegede, published in Citizen on 06 Jan 1992, on kindness and friendship & community.

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Friendship — Pierre Meunier

Read “Friendship” by Pierre Meunier, published in Citizen on 06 Jan 1992, on friendship & community and love & relationships.

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Pity that man is only this — Pierre Meunier

The archive Pity that man is only this Poem by Pierre Meunier · 1992 Pity, that man is what he is And may not rise tall as mahogany Above a debased lowliness among shrubs Pity, that the human heart of man We so much wait worshipfully on Turns quisling in moments of dire need Still […]

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How to kill A Mosquitoe — Obynna Chylekezi

The archive How to kill A Mosquitoe Poem by Obynna Chylekezi · 1991 Send him to Gushau No Kill him, let him die Like Dele Giwa No Ehen, ehen…! Yes give him a job Euruka! Yes give him a job An’ employ his cohorts To drain the coffer Whilst his dotage mind is not cognisant […]

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They are back again — Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa

The archive They are back again Poem by Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1991 Let’s give the squirrel a chance to rule us He asked the land to snuff out The dawning flame of our fate; Let’s give the hyena a chance to rule us! He held the communal war-horn yesterday Let’s give the tortoise rule […]

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Cosmic birth of Citizen — Amin Sheid Anakobe

The archive Cosmic birth of Citizen Poem by Amin Sheid Anakobe · 1990 Joy of the mother Becomes highly spirited in expectation Moody in the joyest moment of life Held by the threshold of delight Eventually. Aha! the shrill cry In cosmic rays Resounding ones and ones again Breathes to limelight The fresh and fresh […]

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A confession of faith — Osaze Lanre Ehonwa

The archive A confession of faith Poem by Osaze Lanre Ehonwa · 1990 I confess this faith: pain is the heirloom of my generation rage is the spirit of my age my universe pulsates only to the rhythm of one imperative — to stand, unbowed, a flashing column of refusal! The rich folds of my […]

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I seek life — Omolara Ogundipe Leslie

The archive I seek life Poem by Omolara Ogundipe Leslie · 1990 (Songs to the United States of America) I seek life in the crevices of trees, roots that touch, and the flower’s hidden womb. I crave life not in the cerebrations of conceit, dry winds to sooth the battered self; I seek life, in […]

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