Category: Submitted Poems

Submitted poem LET US PRAY Poem by Clement Virginpoet · 2026 Brethren, if you are ready today Close your eyes, lets us pray I pray for you dear brethren May you serve your jail term In a luxurious hotel Like one ‘Oceanic- MaDam’ May you be set free, even when you are guilty Of stealing […]

Submitted poem HUMAN RACE Poem by Taofiqat Nasiru Ayomide · 2026 Born of woman Bred and nurtured with wit Enveloped in nature’s thickest cloth I’m called the chameleon For my ace is beyond description On steady bone I stand to walk Like a foal in its new stable I’m called an ant For my size […]

Submitted poem THE EARTH IS PREGNANT Poem by Oppong Clifford Benjamin · 2026 Odomankoma, creator of the universe Your wisdom espoused the Earth and the spirits Chief ghosts of our ancestors Why do fishes thirst in travelling rivers? Why Ankobra and Bosomtwe, do you not quench out thirsts? We are disgruntled tongues; send down drops […]

Submitted poem A Government Of The People Poem by Agbarakwe Adaku · 2026 A government of the people- united she stands Brought together by men- who made demands To live free and choose- the life they live To pursue their dreams- and of themselves to give Nigeria is known as the land- where dreams don’t […]

Submitted poem TATTERED HOPE Poem by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu · 2026 T ommorow talks tough A sking all already answered T ackling today’s threshold T hrough time’s turf E voking equable emotions R oundly rocking retentions E verlastingly entrapped D uring dreams in devastation draped; H elplessly hiding O doriferous oddities P ushing perplexities past […]

Submitted poem The Emptiness Poem by Yomi Sani Ibrahim · 2026 Long for one heart to be filled Hallow it is on this day Where all the joy gone to? Tears replaced her with its name It was filled with affection No room for hate to come therein Now it just a flesh with no […]

Submitted poem WHEN EARTH SPEAKS Poem by Arnold Agofure · 2026 I’ve seen it all came alive from the very first break of light and words Said this oak to his descendants borne from a single root I’ve seen the purest of hearts and the best from the race of men As his eyes grew […]

Submitted poem HEAVEN’S QUATRAINS Poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson · 2026 HEAVEN’S QUATRAINS Shall you too dump his grace and flee, And be ungrateful as the wretched flea? Or shall you now take up his plough And follow in faith, long as breath’ll allow? … Turn away from sin, let your heart not falter For […]

Submitted poem Airenovboise Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2026 Airenovboise (goddess of love). tonight too, seems foggy with hatred and remains of yesterday’s blood. what shall we do when the goddess cease to hear the cries of corpsed glories voicing pains in the silented room. we call you, Airenovoboise, hear while we cuddle your name […]

Submitted poem HOLY–HOLY Poem by Nwakanma Chika · 2026 Pastor, You mesmerized us with talks of greener pastures, Gold paved streets and treasure-filled mansions In a place, beyond the skies above us. But you own a Lexus and a Rolls Royce Phantom; Your daughter just turned 18, so you bought her a RAV4, Yet 3 […]