Poems
We have got a collection of thought-provoking poems authored by poets from different backgrounds.
MY NIGERIEN FRIEND AND HIS STUBBORN SMILE by Agbaakin Oluwatoyosi
My Nigerien Friend and his Stubborn Smile So because you're not glued by blood mere haemo-bond, you shrug at the news at 8. You say there are no worried wrinkles on the forehead of the cute newscaster who brings bloody news from Potiksum, only in a jiffy; about dying...
IN THE SILENCE OF THE NIGHT by Osho Samuel
In the silence of the night, when the royal cart of tranquil thoughts trudge through thickets of solitude, knights are knitted with knowledge to rule the affairs of the day. the apparels of the stars are washed in dense darkness, goblets of...
SOMETHING ABOUT NATURE by Aremu Abiodun
SOMETHING ABOUT NATURE The bright light shines, everyday, A dynamic touch with blossoming appeal, Nature has never ceased to mirror her existence, There is always something to say about her beauty. Life may be unkind, life may be wobbly, Nature still is a...
GREEN LIGHT CANDLE by Ray Ndebi
GREEN LIGHT CANDLE As a whisper she came into my life Riding the winds like a dream in the night The voice of hers I heard and so in love I fell with the white wings of that innocent dove It seemed she had crossed many horizons Many green pastures, many blue seasons...
YOU LIED TO ME, SWEETHEART by Vihasi Shah
YOU LIED TO ME, SWEETHEART Hey, sweetheart you lied to me You lied to me You said it would be better some fine day And night would be less dark one fine day But you lied to me sweetheart It's hell repeating every single day Life doesn't get better in any coming way...
AND WHAT OF IT, IF THUS YOU LAID? by Oyin Oludipe
AND WHAT OF IT, IF THUS YOU LAID? For Albert Jungers, poet and teacher And what of it, if thus you laid? Your worlds yet danced, for so did they Whose naked lode yours sagely warms And what of it, if thus you laid? And dared the storm where tart it thrums Reap I a...
DEFYING GRAVITY by ‘Bukola Ibirogba
DEFYING GRAVITY We fall on our faces, Time and time again, Those moments when we fall in great places, And bow our heads in pain, From deep inside our hearts, We begin to learn to find Will; to strengthen our weakest parts, Energy to enlarge the mind, To see the...
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN by Vihasi Shah
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN It's all right when a man loves a woman Love becomes easy when a man loves a woman It's all fair when a man loves a woman Love is in the air when a man loves a woman It's all unconditional in to the moon and back when a man loves a woman Love...
THE GREAT DIVIDER by Chuks Obi
THE GREAT DIVIDER Thousands of years ago Before we touched the world Our fathers felt a need That spanned beyond learning And extended the realms of curiosity It was a search for tenable answers To questions that still disturb us The theories we expounded To attempt...
SEPIA by Oyin Oludipe
SEPIA Journeying through Abeokuta one morning, a fleet of motorists sped out of the jam and soaked the air in reckless dust. An hour later, I came across a suicide scene: a silent woman wavering on the bridge. A dawn of dim feathers; the road spat Loud, a new mist of...
RECAPITULATION by Wisdom Uledi
Recapitulation There is no place for you in the future You won the past and as you struggle with the present to re-captivate my mind For certain, you've come to your fall Never will I think of you again I looked into your eyes, yesterday All I saw in them was pain...
NIGERIA, HOW FAR? by Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
NIGERIA, HOW FAR? Nigeria, when did your beauty, Doused in rarity and clement grace, A feast to the captured eyes of suitors, A muse to the enthused voices of minstrels, Become the protagonist of tales told About remnants in the bowels of yesterday? How did your wild...
