Submitted poem Blood Donor Poem by Oluwa Olamiposi Omoyele · 2016 Oluwa Olamiposi Omoyele Diagnosis show leukaemia,Oops! That’s a killerHow long do I have?Or can I be cured? No, not a cureJust transfusionTo keep you going. O- is my blood groupSC my genotypeWho’ll be my donor?I don’t just know That’s a difficult one!There’s no match […]
Submitted poem The Forgotten War Poem by Tobi Abiodun · 2016 Tobi Abiodun As valiant men fall, fledging “the way”,With hearts whispering their souls to go.Some say die, some say stay;Let them now float towards that seeming glowor flit towards the brutish coming dayflitting towards the coming brutish day.Let us lay flowers silent,“No sigh-sounds nor […]
Submitted poem The Chronicle of Renaissance Poem by Ajise Vincent · 2016 Ajise Vincent before men sat in bars filledwith images of bawdiness,ingesting tunes of hip-hop & pints of dusk. we & ourprogenitors — men whose bonesreeked of age & rust, would sit in cycles with the moonas a solicitor, conversing aboutthe dwindling dues of […]
Submitted poem Dogs And Bones Poem by Ayoola Goodyness Olanrewaju · 2016 Ayoola Goodyness Olanrewaju for you… i wanted to mouthon a fluteand lid her holes of tuneswith the letters of yourname… i wanted to write a songof easeon the lurking lonelinessin the brags of nights… i have just read how to makea flute-the book […]
Submitted poem Sight Restored Poem by Osigwe Benjamin · 2016 Osigwe Benjamin It’s too obvious that our heartsWere made to be one.Children in the street, confess of our onenessAnd they wished to embrace us somedayWhile we walk. Counting our stepsYour arm well covered…Under the guidance of mine. I wonder why the world’s love clockStopped in […]
Submitted poem Life Drivers Poem by Richard HighOnWord Abutu · 2016 Richard HighOnWord Abutu These are the things that we started with The things that make us succeed The hardship we face The glory we chase The happiness we trace We don’t want to be shamefaced. These are the things that drive us The pains of the past The promise of the […]
Submitted poem We Are Their Voices Poem by Jerome Okeme · 2016 Jerome Okeme Of the starving poorWith no strength to step outFrom those prisons of povertyAnd no energy to cry out“We are hungry”We are their voices . Of the aborted babiesFlused into the world of no returnWhere their destinies were not not given a […]
Submitted poem Unite, African Entities Poem by Abegunde Sunday · 2016 Abegunde Sunday These zephyrs of thoughts my muse blowsas poesy flows, to seas of souls,to splash fluids of reminiscenceon fiery hearts and fighting hands. Gone black heroes had worked for peaceand had gone through tough odysseys,to bring black soil tranquillityand entombed corpse of enmity. […]
Submitted poem Life At Night Poem by Akinbode Israel · 2016 Akinbode Israel Life is best at night, Lights peeking through the sky, Fireflies dancing around displaying beauties, The dust sleeping on her sandy bed, An empty path of dead footprints, Murmuring wind speaking to himself, Caging every air into refrigerated boxes, In the absence […]