Submitted poem Staying in the Wind Poem by Mesioye Johnson · 2016 Mesioye Johnson we startby molding the dustsleft in us into stonesand throwing it at nothinghoping it darts menin pinnacles of shredded shadowswho call men to glorywith melodiesfrom the cathedral of ghosts. there is a revival of assembled bedlamsfiling into bodies that now knowthat […]
Submitted poem Prelude Tales Poem by Ijalusi Samuel · 2016 Ijalusi Samuel Our fathers did eatKola nut and drank palm wineAs the light that beckonsGleamed from the shoulders of our visitorsWho rode in on caged drift,Whose words were persuasively poisonous,Whipping us with western ways. Our mother dwellsDwells in a sanatoriumAfter the theatrics intervalOf orchestrated lordsThe […]
Submitted poem She’s Just a Girl Poem by Emmanuel Faith · 2016 Emmanuel Faith She’s strong but brittle;Weird a littleShe’s got her ups, her highs and peakBut her ‘low key’ could make you sickPlease, don’t on her faults dwellJust realize she is a girl She’s got her cramps and visitorsThat shrinks her like harsh creditorsShe […]
Submitted poem Dirty Laundry Poem by Kariuki Wa Nyamu · 2016 Kariuki Wa Nyamu Throw out the dirty laundryof silenceat incorrect supremacywithout any trace of shameand let the world seefor it has been a great whileliving a deadly lie of a century! Yes, throw out the dirty laundryof ignorance, poverty and diseaseand let the world […]
Submitted poem No, I Think Not Poem by Sam De Poet · 2016 Sam De Poet When the nail breaks the Camel’s back,What’s left?More heavy lifting? No I think not! When a goat gets pushed to the wall,What does it do?More running scared?From cowardly chases? No I think not? When the final nail gets hammered […]
Submitted poem A Poet’s Valediction Poem by Gbenga Oni · 2016 Suppose my clarion song soundBefore I was publishedI beseech thee allPray not to be; but did sleep after allNever let my rhymes go to wasteEven I as a graveyard wasteMy spirit to thee all it prayRemember my sweet songs where it layAnd bring my […]
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 […]