Poems
We have got a collection of thought-provoking poems authored by poets from different backgrounds.
MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER SPELLS HER NAME BACKWARD by Anthony Okpunor
Nigerian writer, Anthony Okpunor scripts a thought-provoking poem on the theme of love and family; piercing words that reach down to the soul. Enjoy!
Winners of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest
Winners of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing ContestWe are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Creative Writing Contest.Poetry Category Winner: “My father hews out himself on my skin” by CJ Onyedikachi 1st Runner-up: “She forgets...
GIRLS LIKE YOU HAVE NO HISTORY by Angel Nwobodo
GIRLS LIKE YOU HAVE NO HISTORY by Angel Nwobodo Girls like you have no history - Second Runner-up of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Poetry Category) i Women like us carry shame in our names - mother. iiYour mother shows you pictures of her -...
SHE FORGETS SHE’S A WOMAN by Abu Bakr Sadiq
SHE FORGETS SHE’S A WOMAN by Abu Bakr Sadiq She forgets she's a woman - First Runner-up of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Poetry Category) I’ve watched her body grow in leaps Breaking the boundaries of sins unseen Where women are forbidden...
MY FATHER HEW OUT HIMSELF ON MY SKIN by CJ Onyedikachi
MY FATHER HEW OUT HIMSELF ON MY SKIN by CJ Onyedikachi My Father Hew Out Himself on My Skin - Winner of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Poetry Category) & my body like the blue bed—called a man to existence. My father's mouth’s the size...
MAY THE LAND BE TRULY SECULAR by Kamarudeen Mustapha
MAY THE LAND BE TRULY SECULAR by Kamarudeen Mustapha MAY THE LAND BE TRULY SECULAR (For Leah Sharibu) We peel peace layer by layer Till nothing remains of our sanity We betray all orderliness at home Till gloating terror ambushes our bravest hopes Then, we start again...
KOOWE’S CRY by Seyi Omotoso
KOOWE'S CRY by Seyi Omotoso Hear the sonorous voice as it re-echoes in the distance The deadly release that murders our hearts Hear it again and again - Koowe - the horrified bird that sings and you die Hear the ancient spirit that talks in tears Before you'd say I...
IM-PRESSED by Oredola Ibrahim
IM-PRESSED by Oredola Ibrahim Burdens. Faceless arrogant burdens glean your back to a bed of thorns. ... as you roll from side to side, Negotiating with pangs feeding on your empty heart— You run a million probabilities of where you could have been, except this...
TERROR TALES AND BLOODBATH by Israel Olaniyan
TERROR TALES AND THE BLOOD BATH by Israel-Triumph Olaniyan PRESCRIPT Rabbi was a young girl of five, and she watched men with knives drawn cut down her Father and mother like meat on the butcher's slab. Sinzu was on his way home to tell his parents about his new job...
MOURN FOR US by Oluwafemi Babasola
MOURN FOR US by Oluwafemi Babasola we who are left breathing ghosts trapped in traversing bodies whose crushed spirits seek repose beneath the shadows of funeral wreaths who will rekindle banters baked in the smile of a child sucking a mother's breath shared with...
ROSES BROKE MY FALL by Eze Kenechukwu
ROSES BROKE MY FALL by Eze Kenechukwu They come to me after midnight - Flashbacks of you, I greet them with tears. These shards of glass - In our garden Remind me of the thorns we bore. We loved like fire - Scalded tongues Purple teeth marks on skin. You were...
LOVING MYSELF by Daniel Ajayi
LOVING MYSELF by Daniel Ajayi Like the birds fleeing in desert Like the slave in king’s palace Like mama loving to stay in village Like the rich men of Lagos Like the syndrome of my mind sheered I gave up the pain to sacrificially gain the heart of loving oneself...
