Submitted poem A Perfect Day Poem by James Jerome Okeme · 2017 James Jerome Okeme What a day my heart seek to behold!When dusk shall welcome dawnWith smile and a handshakeAnd the dark cloud shall step aside in peace.Then rays of hope be emittedFrom the sun strolling from the eastAccompanied with tweeting birdsWhispering to my […]
Original poetry 31 Days of Poetry – Day 25 “INSTAGRAM GENERATION” by Vic’Adex Poem by Vic’Adex · 2014 Dear Instagram generationFacebook neighbors from countless nationsWhose who speak in the voice of a twitting bird,Come and riddle me this Sing me a freedom songComposed without the bass linesOf sacrificed blood Find me a free lunchWithout the […]
Submitted poem Home Of Traffic Poem by Fr33zin Paul · 2017 Fr33zin Paul Welcome to this home of trafficwhere mobile queues of frustrated mindvent at one another.To your left and right,You see red eyes,The tension can be so high.Some drivers are like scavengerslooking for space to take over.As long as they have the skill to […]
Submitted poem Traveler Poem by Elemide Benjamin · 2017 Elemide Benjamin In the day,we journey into the sunto bathe our tomorrowin the rivers of colours. At night,sun journeys into usto be baptized in our dreamswhile we memorize script of death. We journey the path of timeas though we know the end,only to discover itis a […]
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 […]