Tears of an Aborted Child

N'golo my mother Alas, you had your wish The boat of pains sails heavenward Over the sea of my blood Your jaw of selfishness Had fe...

For How Long

For how long Must I sit at the river bank Waiting for the joy the morrow brings? For how long Must I walk around a naked shore Praying ...

Love Made Me a Coward

This foolishness you see in me today Started ever since I fell in love I have never being a coward Until when I met her Who swayed my he...

Behind the Scene by CHUKWUPAT'O

"BEHIND THE SCENE" By: CHUKWUPAT'O As in the days of yore, without abyss,tantamount today. We have heard,but have not seen,...

☀Quote of the Day☀

☀Quote of the Day☀ 💐Mistakes, Failures, Insult, Frustration and Rejection are part of Growth and Progress! ✨Nobody ever achieved anything ...

African Time by Aigbe Best Osama

African time How long you have been here Where you come from Many know Like one of us You were accepted with intentions Intentions unc...

Quote

☀Quote of the Day☀ ☀We are humans, we are not perfect. We try things, make mistakes, stumble and fall. We get hurt, but we rise again ! We ...

Sigh I by Tayo Oladipo

When the bitter memories strike, And I cannot but weep Like an infant, home alone, Whose mother has gone to the market... ...when I ope...

Little Evelyn

Little Evelyn Little Evelyn Chuckling when no joke is made Dragging everyone's thumbs to the mouth Your mother just said You are le...

Commit and Rest

Commit and Rest Faith is...the evidence of things not seen – Heb 11:1 True faith drops its letter in the post office box, and lets it go. ...

Poets are Humans?

O. 'Biyi Michael Poets are humans? I've seen many Poets                           Poets Who sing of sunrise In the Wilderness l...

Who Said So?

who said so, that this body is healthy? Beyond doubt is an apocryphal. Never! It is my body, I once felt the pains. The flutists are U...

Blah Blah Blah

They said my grandfather had seven wives, So came the story of their predated lives, Their troubles and pains led to his ornamental hunch ...

My Best Friend

I'd have Imagined a world without you Laughing and smiling indiffrently To the boring jokes we hear It wouldn't just converge Yo...

Lost Glory

My head hidden in the valley Deeply clothed with sparks of blood I see guns smiling and dancing The nation in a happy turmoil I hear the...

Rain from the Cloudless Sky

Rain from the Cloudless Sky When on the tempestuous sea of life The ship of your soul sails When the only path upon which you tread Lead...

Orekelewa

Orekelewa! The beautiful angel With dazzling eyes like the stars Her hair black, full and fresh Stretch down the horizon of her shoulder...

The Fear of Love

The fear of love or emotional relationship is called aphenphosmphobia I've seen more people suffer the pangs of love than the stings of...

Ancient Road

Ancient road My past hunts me Like an Hunter looking for his first catch So I sailed to the road that leads to yesterday To find ...

Shadow

Shadow The mythic spirit Lurking behind every unconscious soul The dangerous confussionist Giving various attributes to geniue pe...

The Drunk Poet

The drunk poet He sat with despair In the round table of loneliness Trying to appraise the face of sadness His love for this worl...

A Bite After Satisfaction

A bite after satisfaction The man I met on my journey Around the the world His Shadow at every corner A voracious being, dexterou...

Lessons from My Father

Lessons from my father Father was an acumen, The doublefold of Solomon's wisdom Resides in his words . Father and his sarcas...

Moment of Felicitation

Moment of felicitation . Let me invite the drums, The Gangan and omele Let me further surmoun the sticks All to be arranged in t...

My Father's Flag

My father's flag Father and his immortal dreams, Held firm by his halyard heart Sometimes his mind got siege by Achievemephob...

The Call

The call The messenger since ages, He hunted the path of our forefathers, His call echoes through ages, Never mind the tears of mot...

The Servant and the Wild Dogs

The late king of my community had ten wild dogs. He used them to torture and eat any of his servants who made a mistake. One of the se...

Climbing the Hill

Climbing the hill Life is a struggle A place where no one goes without a cut This I wonder looking up to the hill before me The h...

Scarlet Song II

Scarlet song II Have got a song in my heart But my lips are heavy And my tongue is twisted. Have got a dance in my soul But my ...

An Echo from the Forest

An echo from the forest I lost myself in the tale of adventure, In the voyage of time that was passed from our forefathers, Driven...

Feast by the Graveyard

feast by the graveyard My hands are heavy Heavy with aspirations of this world Like a lad with ample ambition Beneath thee my bod...

Six Feet Above

Six feet above The man died His ever breathless soul put to rest His woes anguish striving existence The crowd came to say him so...

Was Father Really Drunk

Was father really drunk? An ominous wind followed him, His footsteps shakes like the voice of an angry stammerer. His throat, always dr...

The Sick Healer

The sick healer My soul aches, Like a brain suffering from tumor. My soul breaks, Like that of a new day, Telegraphing my tears ...

To a Young Child

To a Young Child Life had taken us this far From the comfort of the cradle To the glades of conflicts Our eyes had seen The te...

A Poet is Who I Am

A Poet is Who I Am I've been taught to pronounce my name And that will I do without any shame I've been given minstrel'...

Joy Keeps Changing Apparels in this World

The wind blows bellow my hind The rain smoulders my pains The leafs of depression are still green Fertiled by the rivers of bleakne...

I Am a Dreamer Too

I Am a Dreamer Too The heat of the morning sun Devours my flesh As hot perspiration boils out of its furrows It's been a long b...

Winks of Life

Winks of Life Times are when life winks And changes garment at will Turning on one side Brings bliss and peace Flaunting the other side...

Unwanted Visitor

You the quiet messenger The custodian of the final gate of life A friend called enemy A brother called bastard The carrier of life-t...

These Starry Stairs

These Starry Stairs Upon these starry stairs The blood of giants were spilled The bones of heroes were broken The carcasses of gr...

Night lover

Night lover I'm the night lover you always have Who defile damsel of their flowers And rival infants colostrum For my satisfacti...

By Faith Abram Obeyed

By Faith Abraham Obeyed By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeye...

Night by Taiwo Daniel

Night! I am the night masquerade Death is seated on my couch Iku my age ancestral friend Human he harvests. The night masquerade i...

Abiku by Oluwaferanmi Victoria

ABIKU Darkness envelopes the sky Like a graveyard The environment was quiet Except for the hooting of an owl And the silent tears in he...

Dusk

     DUSK At the dusk The rivers in between departed From her source. Delegating power to herself Before sunrises. The acolyte we...

When to Know a True Friend

The burdens of this world Are not for just one shoulder to carry The worries of this life Are not for one heart to bear The tears of...

Big Girls and Fake Lifestyle

You be Queen Zidreth  for city But your real name na Sidi for village You carry leg enter jeans  like giraffe shoulder high like say ...

We May Hide Behind the Walls of Lies

Our shores are stained with the blood Of too many innocent people Our history is written with the tears of bullied souls Too many peop...

What is It You are Thinking?

What is it you are thinking my friend? Is it endless like the blue sky above Or deeper than the bed of the sea Or darker than the fou...

My Heart by Oluwaferanmi Victoria

MY HEART My Heart Like an abode Where God dwells Like a source Where the words of my mouth flows Like a camera Pictures my future My...

You Can't Run from Me

I am the shadow of destiny That beckons in silence From the dark woods of the twilight I am the terror of traitors The conflicts in ...