Uninvited guest — Suleiman Zailani

The archive Uninvited guest Poem by Suleiman Zailani · 1993 Your presence is felt again My uninvited guest Who provoke unprovoked In me furores of mystical sensations And leave me spent On your gradual departure Etching indelible vestiges On my plains of personality O, You harbinger of hazy vistas Your presence acknowledged Your message patiently […]

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Mystique — Mohammed Alh. Nanu Potiskum

The archive Mystique Poem by Mohammed Alh. Nanu Potiskum · 1993 Is it early an age? I wondered. As I remember death and pondered When then was I born? I lingered. And when will I die? Is now my mystery. Mohammed Alh. Nanu Potiskum · 1993 EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Citizen on 8 February […]

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Freedom — Danladi Garba Tal

The archive Freedom Poem by Danladi Garba Tal · 1993 It is a free world Yet nobody is free Where would I find freedom? In this world devoid of peace and solace? I am a bird In a cage Eager to fly I want to flap my wings again And fly with unlimited glee I […]

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Havoc — Umar Alkali (Riyala)

The archive Havoc Poem by Umar Alkali (Riyala) · 1992 Today peace reign In the kingdom of my soul Nervousness gone And gone the gods of disturbance Which strife in me Days ago. Now free Feeling none The mind settled Out of its thirst Still hungry But in sober I even wonder What befell me […]

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