Poems
We have got a collection of thought-provoking poems authored by poets from different backgrounds.
HOW COULD I FAIL TO SEE by Kariuki wa Nyamu
HOW COULD I FAIL TO SEE? by Kariuki wa Nyamu Neema, How could I fail to see you weren’t the usual urban girl whose ways are not up to scratch? How could I fail to see the patient waiting for each other to get done with school? How could I fail to see the right timing...
Lights Out by Chiamaka Nwangwu (1st Position – Poetry Category)
Lights Out by Chiamaka Nwangwu (Winner - Poetry Category) Poetry Category 1st Position - Lights Out by Chiamaka Nwangwu I wish that I could capture brilliantly the art that was 21 road yesterday Of the lone fueling station surrounded at all angles by hundreds...
Breast Cancer by Omobashorun Agbalagba (2nd Position – Poetry Category)
Breast Cancer by Omobashorun Agbalagba (2nd Position - Poetry Category) Poetry Category 2nd Position - Breast Cancer by Omobashorun Agbalagba My pride. Prominent beauties. Soft areola tissues. Recipe for sanity. Smooth contour. Like a thief in the night; It...
Things Your Uncle Left Inside You by Stephen Ogunfoworin (3rd Position – Poetry Category)
Things Your Uncle Left Inside You by Stephen Ogunfoworin (3rd Position - Poetry Category) 3rd Position - Things Your Uncle Left Inside You by Stephen Ogunfoworin Your uncles touch you while you sleep And the walls wail as they mangle your innocence You are...
LOVED BUT FOUND by Akinsanya Damilola
LOVED BUT FOUND by Akinsanya Damilola For days lost, he sat by the old tent With thoughts of a pretty dear, he could never get We pitied, helped and endeared That he leaves his drudges and face the sour truth That a mistress would not bow to a poor lover’s wish Told...
SMITTEN by Eghele Akpere
SMITTEN by Eghele Akpere On...
MY DAUGHTER IN AN IRON PANTY by Olusegun Ogunmola
MY DAUGHTER IN AN IRON PANTY by Olusegun Ogunmola Amina spoils the holy streets of Sokoto With the stench from her fistulated tract, As grandpa struggles to tame his libido That keeps begging for more of the act Ada is silently driven madly insane: The horror won't...
LOVE TALES by Eghele Akpere
LOVE TALES by Eghele Akpere It was love’s lullaby That turned the heart blind; To the unloved one, The wisest lover is a fool. It was love’s blindness, That cursed the fool brave; The lame, for her said, I’d leap over a hill. It was love’s whispers, That forced the...
RATED EIGHTEEN by Olusegun Ogunmola
RATED EIGHTEEN (Remain a Child) by Olusegun Ogunmola I may taste the connubial meal, Subtly dished in a LED screen; I may force the orgasmic thrill, Once I am ripe— only eighteen? My lips may be blackened by tar And my breath odorized by nicotine; (I may even brush...
ON DAYS SUCH AS TODAY by Elujulo Oluwatobiloba
ON DAYS SUCH AS TODAY by Elujulo Oluwatobiloba On a day such as today When it rains as though it would never stop And then stops as though it never rained. We laugh and we talk Wasn’t it the other day we saw the girls Playing and talking and laughing Doing their best...
THE DYSLEXIA CREED by ‘Bukola Ibirogba
THE DYSLEXIA CREED by 'Bukola Ibirogba I am dyslexic It is neither a walk in the park, nor a picnic This is what the world says I am. In my heart however is deep calm. I refuse to be ashamed For this, I cannot be...
WHERE I COME FROM by Nome Patrick
WHERE I COME FROM by Nome Patrick —01 I'm a little flute player who hangs the memories of home in tunes and let them dangle gently on the neck of meek melodies So each time I sneak into silent nights to weave a song I find shards of memories littered everywhere on...
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