The archive Perhaps there might have Poem by Solomon Ayagere · 1981 No students’ crisis beenAnd April might have passedWithout Black Friday ………….. Perhaps May might not haveVisited a flood on the“Broken Chinas” of IbadanPerhaps…….Perhaps…….Perhaps! Hail “uneventful” June and JulyWelcome respite in mid-tunnelCosmic turning-point I dialled O – I for Lagos in AugustReached out to […]
The archive Paranoid at New Year Poem by Molara Ogundipe-Leslie · 1992 Paranoid at New Year Molara Ogundipe-Leslie Misfortune drapes the head!are the mothers flying stillrelentless heartlesshurtle down a hillwhen the year turns itsunderbelly of newness?will you impale meon the new days’ teeth? EDITOR’S NOTE First published in Citizen, 6 January 1992, p. 72, in […]
The archive THIS VAST WILDERNESS OF LIFE Poem by Chris. Awonuga · 1970 THIS VAST WILDERNESS OF LIFE Man moves about in a worldThat is not his ownAnd revels in abysmal ignorance;He gropes his way about,Stumbling at various points;Still he tries to find his wayIn this vast wilderness of Life. He knows not what he […]
The archive FOR MOTHER Poem by Odia Ofeimun · 1970 FOR MOTHER Nene …the shadows are overgrownthis afternoon in my heart;the burden of uncertainties assail mewith a feckless ravish- I do not know whether to cry or laugh. Each day saps me dryof the red-green that you gave mein ellipses of hopeto halo my dreams. […]