Poems
We have got a collection of thought-provoking poems authored by poets from different backgrounds.
PIERCING ARROWS
Piercing Arrows These are friends of mine I don't go in I go out Out of their private lives Out of their selfish desires This one is Christina A journalist She is gem A lady of class She is very religious Don't mind what you heard Between her and the pastor Of...
THE FUTURE
THE FUTURE The Golden Bells ring, The beautiful birds sing, The future smiles on an Eagle's wing, Ready to coronate a King, Long before the prince learnt a rhyme, Sages told him the worth of time, If valued brings more than a dime, Never to live a life like a...
VISTA
VISTA I think dreams find us because we are young And free like this air around us For I often wonder How dreams, wings detached And nestling in our sprightly nest, Soon grow plumages and join the flight into age Somewhere under this same sky And a full moon...
DELIVERING MY PREGNANCY
DELIVERING MY PREGNANCY! Am Pregnant! Yes Pregnant! And For You! I tried an abortion but failed like a coup Pregnant like a dove not like a turtle-dove Not with a child but with your subtle-love Pregnant like the succulent grasses of the rain forest I’m...
WOMAN – A MAN OF MANY PARTS
WOMAN - A MAN OF MANY PARTS A caring heart free of wiles, Screams of pain masked by decorous smiles, Soothing than the warmth of tiles, Refreshing than the waters of Nile, A complete being yet divided, Shared in the hearts of children birthed, In pieces of...
KALRILS – THE GOD OF THE BLACKS
Kalrils -The god of the blacks The air around your shrine Has developed talons, Piercing through our nostrils Risen from the smoldering skulls and gong Your shrine feeds on silence The incantations are on exile These spirits sovereign, Yet deaf their ears linger to...
DID IT HAVE TO BE YOU?
DID IT HAVE TO BE YOU? I never believed in love Till I saw a smile on your face A voice spoke inside of me "Go for it young man It is your moment" Did it have to be you Who would reveal the malediction In trusting a human being For the words you said Were never true...
THE BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE
BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE Baba Risi has gone to the market to bargain for goods not foods nor clothings Baba Risi has gone to the market to buy feud war, envy, and apathy, Baba Risi pocket is filled and leaking with gold So, he has gone to the market to acquire trouble...
WHAT WE SEE
WHAT WE SEE We see bullets of different shapes, houses without walls, streets bereft of feet, trees burdened with swollen bodies, a field of corpses. bedsheets stained with blood of those whose spirits roam in the air. We see the sky garnished with...
ANANSE
ANANSE Ananse, remember, The pitchers on the table, The stenciled flower vases at the terrace, And the embroidered kaftans! I knew you when you were black. Remember, The death of your father, Beneath the cracks of the slavers whip, Wither their whims and that...
CENTENARY BLUES
CENTENARY BLUES Nigeria, My feet bear the portrait of Odyssey Through your passages of seasons; I am the custodian of the memories I have spread the arms of this poem Like street traders’ wares, Let history journey beyond Lugard’s court In this caravan of...
THE LOST LOVE
THE LOST LOVE James and Janet cuddled, Ended breakfast with a kiss, Sang a song of malice for a week, Is this love? Definitely Not, Men lost in the pool of lust, Groping for light in the cloud of vanity, Deafened by the mantras of infatuation, All in search of...
