The archive TODAY IS THE DAY Poem by Esiri Dafiewhare V · 1984 chants have been offered at first cock-crowthe kola lobeshave been baptisedby the fisty fingers of the high priestbut who,who will oil the soilwith libation oaths of a new dawn,who? today is the daychants have been offered at second cock-crowthe ceremonial oren*have been […]
The archive Mine and Yours Poem by Victor C. Amadi · 1980 This wealthy womanThat lives by the waterBut baths her kids with spit. This great warriorWho laughs at the worstBut dies with fear for the bad. This struggling manWith no time to wasteYet, consults vanity for advice. This great cheetahwith great speedBut crawls with […]
The archive ORIKI ILE BABA WA (Praise Poetry for Alhaji Mustapha Onanuga) Poem by Traditional / Onanuga Family · 2006 Omo alarala ogbadamugbadamu,Omo ajoroba biro,Omo iko mu ole, ele wo, ko wo peren, onirun a mu,Omo sukusaya re ko fi esuru gbadi,Konde s’ayo re, ko fi ijara gbadi,Omo aro bi ekeOmo eleyinkule AdegbureOmo elese sesese […]
The archive Love Is A vine That Grows Into Our Hearts Poem by Anonymous · 2003 A part of us remains where ever we have been.A smile is nearly always inspired by another smile.Love dictates, but a kiss writes the secrets of the heart.Love is a sudden revelation: a kiss is always a discovery.Man loves […]
The archive Beware Poem by Suleiman Zailani · 1994 Beware to remain awareThat when the gate blows openRestrain its hinges to remain soBy righteous acts to reflectHealth and mind intertwinedIn its purposeful expeditionTo perpetual bliss. Suleiman Zailani EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Citizen on 01 Feb 1994, p. 44. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording […]
The archive The poor souls Poem by Aishatu Umar Wali · 1992 I saw them,On the bumpy, battered, brokenroads,That ghastly, ghostly, gloomy way,With its cracked, curvy, crookedbends,Which send you tumbling to theother world. I saw them,Compacted,In a rickety, rackety, rowdy van,That silly, smelly, stinking cell,Which hoped and danced and made,Some noisy sound,And sang a thousand […]
The archive Should we, brother? Poem by Obynna Chylekezi · 1991 Should we, should we brotherContinue to agitate for human rightsWhen we’d asked for human rightsThey gave us wormy rice!An’ when we’d asked why?They gave us bulletsIn the boulevard of Liberia, of Togo,Of CamerounAll over AfricaShould we continue O’brotherShould we have a feeling of power,of […]
The archive In his dwindling days Poem by Isi Omoifo · 1982 In his dwindling days he made very destructive weapons to demolish the cellblocks of hisown existence, built through dint of billion years when the earth was seafresh and all elsethrived in starry distance from the dread of his arm.He banished the fragrant breath […]
The archive Through The Years Poem by Queeneth .C. Otto · 2009 What would I ever do without You.And I thank God for knowing YouIt’s a New YearCome in it’s spectacular fashionHolding little or nothingBut depending on me andI on you Lord, and so I prayGuide me through my stupidityLead me through my foolishnessTake me […]