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 […]
Submitted poem Allah Akbar In Jesus’ Name Poem by Graciano · 2017 Graciano Because we’ve drawn dividing rules onthe scrolls of righteousness,Insha Allah, I’m a Christian and thegods are my witness.So, “Allah Ak’bar in Jesus’ name”;Let’s keep meddling in this cheating game.Here, religion kills the fainting,While the culprit is relieved.Morals see the renting,While the hermit […]
Submitted poem Bearing A City On My Skin Poem by Adedayo Agarau · 2017 Adedayo Agarau (for ibadan) we wait for the sun to crawl backinto the belly of pregnant cloudsso we’d wear an emblem of a citythat plants in our feet the urge to runand dream with our nostrils sniffling the tongueswaiting to wear […]
Submitted poem Untitled Poem by Bliss · 2017 Bliss I was the grassthat bore the bruntof duelsbetween two elephants I was ignoredand my dreamstrampled upon I believed in lies;my heart becamesynonymous with pain I was a joke,subject of no seriousness,equal to a custard pie I was abandonedand left to wither,but I thrived! My heads didn’t […]
Submitted poem No Matter What Poem by Akinbode Israel · 2017 Akinbode Israel Downward leads to a stream,Happy pitchers on dry heads,Poking thirsty cheeks to smile,Every down leads well. A seed’s funeral,Killed by a so(u)n,Brings leaves- fresh harvest,Every down leads well. Now he runs,To walk, he once fell,Again and again,Every down leads well. A thrown […]