The archive IN MY HEART (For Aba) Poem by Kwame Dawes & Gwyneth Dawes · 1987 IN MY HEART(For Aba) MORNING SONG: My heart is closest to youin this dark hourof morningMy heart rememberspulling threads of memorythrough shadowsUntil I think I see youcurled under soft quiltdreaming of me and God* EVENING SONG: My heart is […]
The archive Soweto Poem by Sylvester C. I. Onyeji · 1981 The hearths have begun to glow anewWhile the new warriors have gathered all theAbandoned broken-spears and have begun to mend themTheir eyes have become sore and red with smokeWhile their mouths are overblownWith blowing the glowing fire on the hearth Reality is today basking […]
The archive It is different now (9, 10, 11) Poem by Peter B. Cuktu · 1982 9. It is different nowWe and our animals survivingThe dry lakes are full of fishesOur prayers have been answeredNo more wolves in sheep skinsRe-entering our ranches, in kinds or cashArmed with baits and sinisters’ stringsA clique of fishermen, as […]
The archive The ultimate question Poem by Suleiman Zailani · 1994 Is it love?Special BThat we now speakLike warring knightsAnd eye each otherWith mutual suspicionAnd question laden thoughts. Is it love?That whenever we speakWe weigh each weighty wordAs we tread on thin iceOf our hanging bond.Is it love?That whenever we sightEach other’s faceOur pulses quickenWith […]
The archive There is No Tomorrow Poem by A. Detunji · 1981 Yesterday is but a dreamTomorrow is only a visionBut to-day well lived makesEvery yesterday a dream ofHappiness, and everyTomorrow a vision of hope.Look well, therefore, tothis day. A. Detunji EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Nigeria Magazine on 01 Jan 1981, p. 119. This […]
The archive Serener silences beg our scorch Poem by Tope Omoniyi · 1984 And we grope in mutenessSilenced in the noose of oiled barrels.We are silent, we are dumbObscene winds corrode our silent soulsScars of bodypress usurp sanctuariesOf winepressSerener silences tell our blistered peaceEndgates and bodypresses tell tales of silence. Tope Omoniyi EDITOR’S NOTE Originally […]
The archive Whispered echoes Poem by Victor Offiong · 1994 By the side of echelon of livingI camp with hopeAwaiting crumbs from the generals’platesAgainst my due rights –O Abremuong! render me a chanceTo gather in time the whisperedechoesAs I lay siege to the threshold. Let measurement of my lofty experi-encesTrust in referencesAlong footprint of the […]
The archive Perhaps there might have Poem by Solomon Ayagere · 1981 No students’ crisis beenAnd April might have passedWithout Black Friday ………….. Perhaps May might not haveVisited a flood on the“Broken Chinas” of IbadanPerhaps…….Perhaps…….Perhaps! Hail “uneventful” June and JulyWelcome respite in mid-tunnelCosmic turning-point I dialled O – I for Lagos in AugustReached out to […]
The archive Woman Poem by Emma Ohanele · 1993 The subject of many creative minds who write aboutthe many faces of woman.Those hands that rock the cradlenow wield the pen, drive a lexus,sign off multi-million Naira projects,cook the meal, draw the waterand till the earth. WomanYou God’s fair creationMeant to build a nationRemain just a […]
The archive Upright shadow bends toward earth at dusk’s approach Poem by Solomon Ayagere · 1981 upright shadow bends towardearth at dusk’s approach No matter then whetherwe be prostrate or aplumbfor in our end is our beginning;in our beginning is our end- One spring gives life and death their agencies! Solomon Ayagere EDITOR’S NOTE Originally […]