The archive Heroic Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Heroic Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 TIV OOO Agebage vaa karOnov mba Tsegba ande due sha tembeAakpya hembe ayemBegha ande sha hyande veInyaregh ki bov ki kum er ka wula yoAa a a aOn begha ande nyor nomsu ordue sha tembeaa kpya hembe […]
The archive Philosophical Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Philosophical Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 I TIV Ason ShandeIor mba ve whum mbelaVe hemba ga, ka Aonda ahembeKwaghi adi wihin we zeoIta wan kpev ju yoMba Mongo hembeMan tume nom yongu nguharKpev ase aseo Tor Labe Gyuse tar u hegenWangbian kanan lu […]
The archive Man of Words Poem by Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1992 Man of Words Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1992 They give nightmares, man of wordsThings you do with bales of wordsLying pompous in lairs of thine con-dom And for the boldness of thineschemesWe survive on those crumbs ofpowerThe extravagance from thy word-dom EDITOR’S NOTEFirst […]
The archive Citizen of Words / Citizen of Poems Poem by Nuhu Yarwa · 1992 Citizen of Words / Citizen of Poems Nuhu Yarwa · 1992 Citizen of Words Like a capsule holds a substanceWords and wordings are poemAs word preserves and defendsmemoriesEach and every memory:The good, and bad and ugly:Of resplendent words and word-ingsAnd […]
The archive Silent Passion Poem by O. Wonodi · 1970 SILENT PASSION O. WONODI The springs well out waterdrops;drops from the sky measure the hoursof your undue discretion, hourslost between contending thoughts.And I that brought amuletsstimulated for a dance of nervesstay your many moods and the silence of passionsunspent, slips through rubbing and caressingfar-flung desires back to lifelike bubbles […]
The archive Birds Poem by C. ’Tunde Ladipo · 1970 BIRDS C. ’TUNDE LADIPO On a stroll along the avenueThe time is exactly noonAnd above in the skyBirds of the same featherAll flock together When the day is fineI always watch the timeTo behold their sightWhich is just bright Birds of the skyOf no definite […]
The archive New-Living Poem by Sam Onwuka · 1970 NEW-LIVING SAM ONWUKA Hopping on light feet over twigs over hoes, stretchingTo the wharf I will go from.AH! Hastening as if pursued, hunted by the wiles. The sound of laughterAcross the hilltopThe distant resonance of drumbeats ever receding I come in all furyFollowing the signaturePicking from […]
The archive No Easy Roost Poem by Odia Ofeimun · 1970 NO EASY ROOST ODIA OFEIMUN Home, a flight of bouldersre-enacting the dire and fermentof rhythms from whichyou have always sought escape; —the sadness of slouching mothernakedin the rain of your muzzled wishes— home; Where, in the dark reachesof a past-drenched will,you find a motive for […]
The archive Africa Shall Sing Again Poem by Sam Onwuka · 1970 AFRICA SHALL SING AGAIN SAM ONWUKA GraduallyLike a slow kindling logA tree trunkRaising slowly, unwillinglyFireFor the harmattan. We had waited like the maimedWaited and had waited to the brinkTo the moment of despairAnd all seemed failingTo breakThe chill of harmattan. Editor’s note: First […]