Submitted poem Mother Earth Poem by Doyin Olaleye · 2016 Doyin Olaleye Mother Earth; mourn Humanity; weep Divinity; Grieve For your inhabitants have gone berserk Normalcy has gone haywire Insurgency eats deep like disease Rod of iniquity stirs nature’s wrath On the streets, human flesh are roasted whole Can’t you perceive, it sizzles like fat Her beloved butchered Her esteemed murdered Massacred without crime Yet, citizens looked once Oblivion to what’s […]
Submitted poem Ejaculation Poem by Adewale Ajagbe · 2016 Adewale Ajagbe I felt the clouds Gathering beneath My sentimental scrotum And I knew I would soon come It built up steadily like the birth Of a new day There was chaos under my skin As veins and capillaries transported liquids like fulani men Transporting nama […]
Submitted poem Lady Of The Cup Poem by Adesina Aanuoluwapo · 2016 Adesina Aanuoluwapo I stare lovingly at her eyebrows, arching downwards like a spear, deep into my skin it ploughs, And from that wound comes a tear. I lose myself in her eyes like an abyss, leaving the light of loneliness above, her smile […]
Submitted poem Help Is Nigh Thee Poem by Courage Salmice · 2016 Courage Salmice When the brook cease, and thirst grows by itselfAnd the Sun itself goes between shadowsLetting out dreary lights in sickly rows.When faith falters, and fear grows by itselfGive the wind thy fears, for Help is nigh thee. Time, talents, and gold, […]
Submitted poem We Will Return Poem by Akinwemimo Idris · 2016 Akinwemimo Idris “Here, future’s voices once unheard. To slavery lieges at golden harbors” We will dock when vessel does At shore where water splashes, Where in peace all to be layed, To treat dismayed heart’s wounds. We will return when sun again shine. ‘Burie’ […]
Submitted poem We Are War Poem by Adegoke Adeola · 2016 Adegoke Adeola We were once soldier childrenAnd this railway story is our past.We carried guns from woodsBut our fingers are now bullets.We once shout and shootIce! Water! But nowIs the tale of Rise! Slaughter!We bear grudges and carried badges,We were once present before passing […]
Submitted poem No One Sees You Like You Do Poem by Bolanle Funmilayo Adedayo · 2016 Bolanle Funmilayo Adedayo Papa said you were a mistakeAll he wanted was a maleMama couldn’t understandTo her, your dream is a big joke. You look in the mirror and wonder,Why can’t they see?Why can’t they look beyond?Beyond the wretch […]