Submitted poem A Star, A Bit Poem by Tiwister · 2017 Tiwister I watched as the dry season, huggedthe rainy season goodbye.entering my dorm as my new Lord.though she wield a longer rod, yetmy sorrowful songs isn’t loud enoughto lure the distant ears of freedom Sunny days have failedto carve better lanes thangory gutters on […]
Submitted poem Bringing Pangaea Back Poem by Kanyisola Olorunnisola · 2017 Kanyisola Olorunnisola Somewhere in Kano, a coven of alchemistsconverge for a witchery far beyond the reachof mortal men. They are guided by the night’sunwavering dark, like candles inside an ocean,they let their light dissolve into a liquidity whichwill haunt the world into submission. They […]
Submitted poem Standing All Alone Poem by Soul’e Rhymes · 2017 Soul'e Rhymes I was a little chap without bread and brain,But I was not hungry for food,I wanted only wisdom,For only this will fill my bellyand bring me kingdom. I was starving, I was thirsty,I was left with nothing, but ungracious ragsfrom those merciful […]
Submitted poem When The Dust Settles Poem by Gbenga Sile · 2017 Gbenga Sile When the dust settlesA sense of calm pervades the sceneReality stares at its creationAs the facade hides away in shame There’s nothing hidden under the sunSecrets may tarry for generationsSomeday however, Someday somehowThe blind eyes would see what they never saw […]
Submitted poem Pagans Poem by Ijalusi Samuel · 2017 Ijalusi Samuel In the colony of deprived ignoranceBe twisted is the dance – dance to fallFlame of nourishing conquestBewildered to the overthrown capitalSacred shrines of the gods. The excruciating excursion of the weaver birdIs the exhilarating extinction of our inheritanceIn the name of the wayHaving hatching […]
Submitted poem I Hope You Dance Poem by Adewale Ajagbe · 2017 Adewale Ajagbe I saw you todayTwisting your fine warm waistYou moved with so much calmAnd poise, making my eyes thePrisoners of your danceI was intoxicated with the graceyour curves the sweet symmetryof your ivory skin you fell in love with the rhythmsof the […]
Submitted poem Medicine For My Cares Poem by McBenny · 2017 McBenny Life is harder than I thoughtFetch me a seatThat I may tell you what I’ve seen. Life is harder than I thoughtGather the dwellers of this enclaveAnd I’d tell you the mysteries thereof. Life is harder than I thoughtFor it’s thorny fareChoking the […]
Submitted poem Memoirs Of A Patriot Poem by Arc Angel · 2017 Arc Angel From my hotel window,I see yellow sun leap off golden rooftopsInto the heights above.Abuja’s reminder of the brevity of my existence.I see metal caress airAs defiant cars swoop past men in grandeur.Trees sway in the wind,Dancing to the heartbeat of the […]
Submitted poem Grandmother’s Pot Poem by LKG · 2017 LKG Grandma,Forgive me that I can only express myself perfectly in English:But this is what I brought from that trip to the stream.The trip you consented toso we could have water available for use at homethe trip you warned me aboutsince I wasn’t the first to […]
Submitted poem Let’s Pretend Poem by Enigmatic Olumide · 2017 Enigmatic Olumide IAn epitome of integrity has never existedA man that we all should look up to has never been bornLittle wonder, the world is ruled by wolvesWho pretend to be sheepAnd our rams follow the dogs to eat from the dunghillsAs if we are […]