Category: Poetry

Submitted poem I AM AT PEACE!!! Poem by Olá Taju · 2026 It was you that make me promises When the sun is shining But when you see the storm brewing It changed to excuses Thank God for the rain It washed away all unnecessary, pain. You said you’ll ride with me, No matter how […]

Submitted poem I set out in my local attire Poem by Ayodele Fayinminu · 2026 I set out in my local attire Up the hilltop – the precious sapphire Defying the odds of times To break the shackles of thraldom Gaze trained on the goal Mind set above this ground-zero Imbued in revolutionary elan Out […]

Submitted poem DIALOGUE WITH BEDMATE, THE SKY Poem by Oppong Clifford Benjamin · 2026 STREET BOY: Love your nightie So dark but brightening Designed with stars and moon Today we will sleep like loons THE SKY: Thanks dear, Saw you during the day Hauling distances with your drays Saw you thirsty, so I cried down […]

Submitted poem THE LAND CRIES Poem by Justice Gift Jite-Eda · 2026 Our land is a peasant woman coming home from the fields with a bundle on her head. Home? Where angry vultures wheel over the rooftop and threaten to lunge? The South grasses wet with dew and rains of those who’s lost their few. […]

Submitted poem WET FUTURE Poem by Soul-o’man Drapman · 2026 By the last jingle of the mourning bells by the first rap on hell’s gate … Will I, a man speak of my shame? Will I not my troubles wish to fade? As the stairs of heaven has no cascade, so has the tears of […]

Submitted poem When people speak from ‘behind’ Poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson · 2026 When people speak from ‘behind’ When people speak from ‘behind’ Spraying foul winds around Give them a bit of your mind… See how fast they’ll turn around! First published on Facebook on 2013-10-08 at this link. Previous poemCELEBRATION OF VANITYNext poemHURT […]

Submitted poem CELEBRATION OF VANITY Poem by Akinwunmi Gbenga Elijah · 2026 Our mouths we desire to open wide In naked reflection of this day; Our hearts we long to bare, with nought to hide Through songs of passion, of soothing anthems Yet now our heads wander and wonder: What shall we sing? Of what […]

Submitted poem HURT ME Poem by Yomi Sani Ibrahim · 2026 Knowing thee the huntsman that comes to claim my soul Love your favorite weapon Prey I became to thee My heart the target that’s left unguarded Trouble I seek not Only affection I aim at Bitter words I can’t spit at thee Tender is […]

Submitted poem MAPLESS TERRAIN Poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson · 2026 We are in the middle of no place: Darkness. Hunger. Death. Lootings. Lost, our steps we can’t retrace! Didn’t the journey start with no map? We asked him to lead, that had no shoes. Now you all want to give him a slap! But […]

Submitted poem Mountain-Tops are not reached by hoping Poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson · 2026 Mountain-Tops are not reached by hoping But by grabbing a rope and climbing All else is just wishful thinking First published on Facebook on 2013-10-16 at this link. Previous poemTHE DARK-HORSE ADMINISTRATORNext poemWHISPER A NOISE