Submitted poem CHILD (For Universal Children’s day) Poem by Lekh Raj · 2026 CHILD (For Universal Children’s day) Child Carry me you said, “Up on high” I hoisted you onto my shoulders. We traveled someway up ahead, and then set-off again, on foot. “Everybody in the world are cousins,” you said. “Yes variably so, by […]
Submitted poem Grace Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2026 Grace Gently sailed O’er troubled waters Grace begotten, thats all that matters Heart muttering songs of an overcomer Changed, my life was, from the former. Grace- undeserver thy psalmist cry In stormy weather and cloud, the worthy thy In drowning hopes, saved my soul Till I […]
Submitted poem THE THINKER’S MIND Poem by Adewumi Benedict Olumide · 2026 THE THINKER’S MIND THE THINKER’S MIND When not properly nurtured, one cannot be adequately structured. If one is not trained in the way to go, one will not know the way to grow. If patience is taken out of a serious task, what […]
Submitted poem POLICE BRUTALITY Poem by SIMTHEMBILE MAQONDA-SonOfTheSoil ZINGELWA · 2026 POLICE BRUTALITY Diallo , Dialo – similar to Steven Biko Diallo, Diallo – you told me the murder was an error Wyclef Jean song keeps ringing in my head A blackman was shot 41 times Like a lot of our black brothers and sisters […]
Submitted poem INNOCENCE DROWNED Poem by Oláníyì Tómilólá Abímibólá · 2026 INNOCENCE DROWNED Blood of the innocents shed With their lot and spoils taken. The war zones painted with blood – red! The buildings in the cities – shaken Yeah, we are the men in mask Our heart is guarded by stone Why we are […]
Submitted poem ALTER PERSONALITIES IN ME Poem by SIMTHEMBILE MAQONDA-SonOfTheSoil ZINGELWA · 2026 ALTER PERSONALITIES IN ME Lolly: (On his knees, as blood slope down from his heart) I am dying my brothers, please help me Simthembile you can’t just stand there and watch him taking my life away I know I have persecuted you […]
Submitted poem THE SUN WILL SHINE. Poem by Justice Gift Ogochukwu · 2026 THE SUN WILL SHINE. My whole world is a pain. Though it won’t be today, someday I’ll hope again. Beauty will come from pain. My dreams ran like sand through my clutched fingers. Hope did crash-land Night, fright, plight are all that […]
Submitted poem MYSTERIES Poem by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka · 2026 The mysteries the eyes behold Must they be kept from the world, untold? The visions of the night The trance in broad daylight Three things there are that are too great for me Three things from which My inferiority of knowledge doth flee! The […]