TO THE GIRL by Gloria Lawrence
To the; -Girl whose childhood was a pain. -Teenager who became a mother. -Lady dressed in suppressed memories. -Woman of broken purity. ...Read More
PLEASE PRAY FOR NIGERIA by Veralyn Chinenye
Put her/he under bended knees and blend into change Casting forth hungry incense Please pray for Nigeria... Stretch forth possible hands ...Read More
BARONS OF INCOMPETENCE by Chinatu Blessed Orji
Those Kleptomaniac fingers You Take all You Take Anything You Take Everything You Take From the High You Take From the low You Take Fr...Read More
CRY, CHILD CRY! by Tydale Bassey Abigail
Cry, child cry! Cry aloud for the day to hear Let the sun rise to the beginning of your tears Out of the yards Into the streets Across ...Read More
CHILDISH POLITICS & HELD AT RANSOME by Gerry Sikazwe
Unweaned pranks Played by stony hearts With insatiable crave For power Spoken in words 'Sugar-clothed' And 'mint-spined...Read More
STREET by Tukur Ridwan
the street is a beautiful garden oozing the scents of weed in fragrant flavours . & when they walk by busily, or stand by the roads...Read More
SHATTERED by Ruth Okani
SHATTERED; Giving myself away This mess was not birth in a day I was whole like a candle light Burning away every single night Giving m...Read More
THIS IS NOT A POEM by Vivian Ofre
This, is not a Poem It is words from my heart That seeks to reach out to you With a part of me It is a tale of a thousand words An anth...Read More
MIRAGE by Happiness Jacob
You held my hands As we walked through the valleys of ancient Nostalgia Like sweet smelling Fragrance Caressing my nose in lullabic rhyt...Read More
HEAVEN'S CALL by Lawrence ONWUAMA
The way death pays visit to my friends And family without a receipt Makes me think I am the next on the list The silent treading of death...Read More
QUESTION OF WAR by YETUNDE MORENIKEJA
"Only war can settle our country's situation" How will you think this is the best solution? You who gather to place this th...Read More
VOYAGE OF A SINNER by Esther Emmanuel
My eyes fell out its socket When impurity rob me of righteousness I rode in the ship of sin Sinking deep into the belly of hell None sto...Read More
THE MISERY OF AN ADDICT by Benjamin Usang
As I fall deeper into a manic state I am a prime candidate In the blood gene To receive the drug addict trait Blood pressure climbs at a...Read More
A NIGERIAN TALE by IG Abiaobo Jr.
I was beautiful once; A ready slave In my own father's house, Rich as the rainbow's skin; Poor by all visible means, Till unity...Read More
THE WHISPERING WHISPER by Racheal Bassey
With my whispering whisper I warn you of the wrong Which appears pleasant The wisdom they claimed is blurred Behold the future I whis...Read More
CHANGE by Oyedokun Ibukun Penawd
"Citizens of this notable nation Cry of your needs we have heard Cripple shall walk; lame shall run Change! that's what we need...Read More
SLOPE OF HOPE by Jude Alexander
Nigeria our fatherland Twinkles with father's love Blessed with beautiful people Dark and comely With a government that has gone mad...Read More
MY RAINBOW COULD BE TOMORROW by Ken Odenigbo
Again, I watched another pass me by My faith drenched, my spirit quenched, Only me, just me, no one to comply I sit with a stench As my ...Read More
OCEANS RED by Tydale Abigail
Look through the yards and yarns of our yards Where our waists and benches work for a day And our voices and reactions strive for a seat. ...Read More
FORLORN; Of boys by Oluwashola Isreal Oluwafemi
Yesterday, we heard four boys fell in between petal and thorn, trying to puck the feathers of a butter(fly). Yes four boys! _of a boy: Wh...Read More
NOT MY WILL by Veralyn Chinenye
I imagined his heart galloping like a horse's Hooves as he made it to the abattoir And as he accepts the 'inescapability' of hi...Read More
GREED by IG Abiaibo Jr.
Greed is a disease of pot bellies, of tales that are make believes, of corruption dancing loops through years of hidden truths Greed is ...Read More
FORLORN; See by Oluwashola Isreal oluwafemi
See- There is a way we-men die everyday, this poem is one of them, for each letter is broken into pieces of condolences Do not search for...Read More
UNHEARD CRIES by Kerry .A. Kennedy
I think of the moments when All life would be valued the same, And every child would have the Comfort of knowing he/she has food And she...Read More
IF IGNORANCE IS BLISS... by Veralyn Chinenye
When our parent ate at Eden's table A bite of fatted knowledge Then came the fall like a DOOM! The messy end of an over-riped fruit ...Read More
COMFORT HER PAINS by Tydale Abigail
Go ink the writer's pride! Write out all her joys that is now sad Be sure to show simply clear How religion has quarreled with her T...Read More
FOR FELA by Ofem Ubi
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; That was the name your parents Stapled on your forehead like clips holding fast to a napkin on th...Read More
BOSOM OF LOVE by Nwobi Chudubem Valentine
I hide my tears when I say your name But the pain in my heart is still the same Though I smile and seem carefree There is no one who miss...Read More
FORLORN ; Mother once said by Oluwashola Isreal Oluwafemi
Mother once said daughter; Never like the wind let go of yourself to find yourself ,she said i am a soul-jar and my Body is a barrack But...Read More
DEATH OF ME by Vivian Ofre
I, die when I see her struggle When she fails to rise up above the shadows of her past When, men, who were placed to keep her gates Kept ...Read More
MOTHER EARTH, MOTHER OF ALL by Collins Edet
Mother earth, Mother of all You gave us good land, we changed the brand You gave us good soil, we preferred to spill it with oil You have...Read More
DEAD LOVE by Esther Emmanuel
Whirlwind pursued the atmospheric fragrance of desires Knocking at the door of your heart You gave me a distance to acquire Dumbfounded I...Read More
SAY NO TO RAPE by IG Abiaobo Jr.
I cried through the night, beckoning on the moon and stars to bear my battered soul witness, to peruse the torn through patches that lit...Read More
GREAT CHICKENS by Jude Alexander
Like chickens running to food thrown at them, So is the running of the country's affairs A great country humbled by recession Affecte...Read More
DEAR DAUGHTER by Veralyn Chinenye
Dear Daughter, I see you Standing with the stars Hands raised in beckon for a dance Beneath the covering of the moon Not the time... T...Read More
Ozochima Victor: OF MONDAYS $ LESSONS
Mondays are usually not my favourite days and I always want to drag itS ears and tell it that its still Sunday, so I can sleep more. I'...Read More
UNKNOWN by Esther Emmanuel
The sky is blue But our thoughts are blur The oceans made a noise Yet we ignored the source The eyes sight But our mind moved slightly ...Read More
STARTLES by Prince Michael Nku Abuo
Once in a setting The dogs had it all And lived it all And lived in its own pattern In its own abode Barking and biting Because though...Read More
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW by Mfoniso Urua
Can i tell you a story? Years ago, a gift was born Today in this moment in time Coloured with an assignment Not a mistake, not a misfit,...Read More
AWAKENING by Dorcas Odok
Come together, Let's gather around this coven of misery Let's mourn this haven of tears This crazy society Plastered with phases...Read More
OF FRAGILE AND SOLID COMPANIONS by Adie Lawrence
In the deafening silence of the night Moonlight gleams on the waters of our soul Our wounds are assuaged by and by Our soul is beckoned b...Read More
A Letter to Politicians by Kerry A. Kennedy
Dear Politicians, I write tonight to address some issues That have been burning in my heart,and Many conscious and logical citizen There...Read More
Raped Boys (Who dares say)
t is thought that males, even younger males, cannot be victims of rape, nor even that they are vulnerable. In some societies, it is consid...Read More
THE AFRICAN CHILD by Veralyn Chinenye
The journey of rhythm, nestled in melody Stewed in 'rainbowed' proverbs As the sun peeps, the moon gives way The African Child ri...Read More
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