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 distress calls
Re-incarnation born this melancholy Like fire the rage in their eyes The disdain on him,
The rubble whimper Dawn rivers of frost thoughts for god of the blacks Desecration and disdain of your SKULLS and OFO The fallen faces out of men The lies the sands refute Prompt this voyage to an eclipse
Kalrils
Unripe fruits,
the taste protruding through my words Massacre of spirits From the shrine where deities sought strength Have you not heard of mother goddess? Her words are painted in defeat We await your return Kalrils These candles I lit fear I see the despair in their eyes The whirl whose teeth snarl Near the burning candles On the fence,the feet of these candles cling Forgive… let this shrine be rebuilt So rubble can breath and save our cold hearts
P.S.: Kalrils…a deified person (representing a state-Nigeria) Ofo…sacred staff of a traditionalist(Igbo land)
About the Author
Awa Chigozie is a Nigerian. A student and resident of Abia State in Nigeria. He is a prolific writer whose keen interest is in poetry and fictional works. He has poems which have been published in anthologies and other media. He describes his works as a mirror to man’s act. Presently working towards releasing his first poetry collection.
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.
What we see
We see the sky garnished with darkness, children calling their parents’ names with tears dotting their faces. We see the holes in the moon, the dirges in the songs of the birds that howl as we leave to mourn our beloveds.
RASAQ MALIK
About the Author
Rasaq Malik is a graduate of the University of Ibadan. His poems have appeared in online literary journals and magazines. He is presently awaiting the publication of his debut poetry collection.
Habeeb Kolade also known as Professor X is a creative writer and entrepreneur. He currently works at Ventra Media Group, a british marketing agency. He is the Creative director of Market Ibadan Business Festival, CEO of StrictlyUI and Hermosa Marketing. He works with startups to build their market presence. His facebook ID is Habeeb Professorr X Kolade and you can follow him on twitter at @Habeeb_X.
POSTSCRIPT: A word for the profound, as the foolish things of these present times confounds the wise.
Tijani Oluwamayowa.
About the Author of March’s Match for Jonathan the Buharist
Tijani is a poet, witty speaker, and award-winning Journalist. He was awarded most outstanding Pressman at University of Ibadan for 2013 and 2014.
As a public speaker, Tijani became arguably the finest speaker on any Nigerian campus, following his win at the Nigerian Championship of Public Speaking (Abuja 2013).
What’s left but exhausted minds That parade in shirts and gowns Shrugging shoulders that tongues have laid on Like gods that have lost their omniscience To futile voyages
Over the tombs of the living They drop wreathes Sending our spirits on exile What’s left? But dumb strangers with tongues pierced By fingers on throne’s apparel
These songs are of arsenal voices Hibernating the sages With ornamental cuffs and artillery To rest their wizened grey hairs on mute
What’s Left
What’s left but mere carcasses Painting colours in space Red, the choking air In grievance, the crump of air we pursue Like chippings of gravel We chew the intoxicated air And still groan for more
The soil has lost its virginity To the heels of scavenging feet Fire, the rage in her eyes What’s left of me? But the melancholy of tomorrow
Awa Chigozie
About the Author of What’s Left
Awa Chigozie is a Nigerian. A student and resident of Abia State in Nigeria. He is a prolific writer whose keen interest is in poetry and fictional works. He has poems which have been published in anthologies and other media. He describes his works as a mirror to man’s act. Presently working towards releasing his first poetry collection.
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