Category: Poetry

Submitted poem GIVE ME FOOD, MY DAILY BREAD Poem by Erayan Daniel Ukwe · 2026 You that joke with everything And make me feel I’m nothing, You took an oath, and lied to my face! Now, deep inside, I’m just bile filled space. I am all alone and rags are all I have to wear. […]

Submitted poem A Tale of Our Rainy season Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2026 Weary clouds gather over our piecing land. dark times rush hurrily towards our fields downtown, Houses southdown. What again shall this rain fall? Mighty winds rumble words Hurriedly against my walls Knocking lousily Without permission Breaking loose my door of wood. […]

Submitted poem Elegy for Madiba! Poem by James Ademuyiwa · 2026 Forever Young Days of my youth filled with experience Experience of slavery it was Seen how my people suffered apartheid No one to help; felt dejected But I always promise something To be forever young Souls damaged under discrimination Children studied with no assimilation […]

Submitted poem NELSON MANDELA Poem by Tirupathi Chandrupatla · 2026 Nelson Mandela You’re the idol Of freedom and peace For all humanity. You fought for freedom Made many sacrifices You set your goals And achieved them all. Not just Africa But the world’s proud For what you gave In a selfless way. Twenty seven years […]

Submitted poem Over many oceans Poem by Mide Benedict · 2026 Over many oceans, have I flown with wings In so many kingdoms, have I dwelt within, Many a time, have I Counted the stars in the sky, In none, have I not sought for love, But none was like that which I found in […]

Submitted poem Rusted Arrow: (A tribute to Sir Nelson Mandela) Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2026 This war was swifter than time. the war claimed the souls of clustered fighters fighting for greed. with an arrow sharper than the piercing sun, many fell. at a time, this great arrow was captured but can the truth […]

Submitted poem FATHER, IS IT TIME? Poem by Mary Temiloluwa Ajayi · 2026 Lend me a seat Woven with time and its processes As I weave these words Spoken with deep reverence Madiba My father who bid time stay As he went forth and back To fetch me waters of freedom Pa You who gave […]

Submitted poem I can feel the drumroll Poem by Olusola Kuti · 2026 I can feel the drumroll When my imagination takes a stroll I’m young.. It all started.. The fateful day when northern peace parted.. Violence.. pain..Now so many souls went home.. From this world, departed. Will they be welcomed into castles made of […]

Submitted poem REST IN PEACE TATA MANDELA Poem by SIMTHEMBILE MAQONDA -SonOfTheSoil ZINGELWA · 2026 I bow before my fallen king Aaah! Dalibhunga son of the great kings and prophets of Africa A man who chose to turn his back on his chieftaincy in other to emancipate an African child A man who was chosen […]

Submitted poem WHO ARE WE TO BLAME Poem by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka · 2026 O Nigeria, where is thy might Where is your glory of old? There’s nothing left but blames… But who are we to blame O! But to blame… But who are we to blame? Shall we blame the greed of the […]