Poems
We have got a collection of thought-provoking poems authored by poets from different backgrounds.
A VOID SONG
♠A VOID SONG♠ "Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet" - Plato Karima, Mine, is a supplication of wordless rhymes Nurtured by loneliness and the warmth Of straying thoughts Can I wait any further? On this...
BLACK I AM
BLACK I AM Black I am, and proud to be one, Happy to call Brother each man; For this world is one sweet village, Though the strong arms of a cruel age, An age of fear and death, Squeeze it to let it out of breath, Breaking down the wings of freedom, Setting up the...
LOST IN LUST
LOST IN LUST If my soul rests upon this lustful feminine Don't mourn dear family I have found a place so comfortable It renders earth incomparable I am lost in lust soaked in dust, bathed with rust Ah! This place is like eternity! Pure, sacred, I think one of...
HOMELESS DREAMS
[HOMELESS DREAMS] For the internally displaced… I I wake up to the silent tonalities Of homeless voices I see dreams trudge along In clothless rags I watch weary people look out For the rays of hopeless days I feel my heart crying out loud To save the desiccated agony...
DISCREPANCIES
DISCREPANCIES I walked past a very noisy graveyard On my way to a dried up well of life Where I hoped to find some pearl among the swine That goes there to water the well I entered a garden of monsters Monsters with high need for vegetables In their midst, I listened...
MY PEOPLE
My People A wise saying once said "show me your friend and I will tell you the kind of person you are" Who really do you call "my people" How well do you know them? Can you really trust he/she with your life? My people are bold and proactive They are never afraid to...
THE WATCHMAN
THE WATCH-MAN to every living thing the stars, moons and the subjected sun to every dead thing humans, animals and admired plants lies an untold tale of a buyer to every living soul of birds, bats and ambitious owls to every non-living stones, gravels and still...
HAIL NIGERAREA!
HAIL NIGERAREA! We hail our own dear country Our fatherland that has always shed tears Nigeria, our rulers prevail Amidst the trembles and cracks of our feet The land stays green Nigeria we hail thee Still we hail our greed The penury amongst our kinsmen is fed While...
DISTANT MESSAGES
DISTANT MESSAGES dear ears of distant places, far-nigh above and below countless coined mountains of distinct voices which shoots beneath deserts of distinct colours which defies our journey like journals hanging freely on branches of trees beside roads and along...
THE MOON
THE MOON Just but a figment of the sun's strength The only one we can confidently behold Rebirthing and displaying for us each month We await eagerly the peak when you are so bold Sometimes, when you are sickle shaped, I get to see that boy from the fables Posing with...
SHADES OF GREY
Shades of grey [Not fifty 😉 ] Right and wrong From a tender age, We are taught are polar opposites But are they? Always? Good and bad Black and white As you get older, shades of grey appear The distinction becomes fuzzy Not always, but every now and again (Say)...
MORTAL MAN
Mortal Man The caterpillar is a prisoner to the streets that conceived it. It's only job is to eat or consume everything that is around it In order to protect itself from this mad city. While consuming it's environment, The caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive...
