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There Was a country

There Was A Country By Mayowa Odewoye It is written: "the Glory of the Latter shall surpass the former" but…

Maybe Because I've Forgotten

Maybe Because I've Forgotten

When I was ten In the shacks of one ghetto ruin I raised my head to see the orange sun Sinking down a distant horizon I…

 Catholic Funk

Catholic Funk

*CATHOLIC FUNK* We sang and rasped and coughed As the communion touched our sterile tongue My heart uncoiled and fel…

Blank Dialogue

Blank Dialogue

*BLANK DIALOGUE* Ma'am can you hear me? Are you angry? I can feel the holocaust over this telephone Over these …

This is life

This is life

*THIS IS LIFE* The sun has lost its pendant While trying to shun the stars in pride The moon is grieved as The Pent…

To Aduke for Val

To Aduke for Val

*TO ÀDÙKÉ, FOR VAL* . I'm on one noisy trip, to odyssey Where fine silks and silken crowns Are tendered on the …

Stop Abusing Poetry

Stop Abusing Poetry

STOP ABUSING POETRY (Shakespeare cries) Each time we meet I could feel the spill The sound of gushing Blood from h…

New Eve

New Eve

New Eve {sex doll🙎🏽} . Years have begotten ages And ages baby-showered strangely beautiful civilization In the g…

Aunty Mimo

Aunty Mimo

Aunty Mimo.      Scarredpoet _ Aunty Mimo! Divine' unsung mother Last bender of mortal's morality Chief cust…

Thighs

Thighs

Thighs (Soul Poet) When weight of life Bruises & Colds my heart I ran to you Like a troubled chick runs To mo…

They Too

They Too

*THEY TOO* They too, have lain amongst dreams And perused, in tears, and in a streamlet Down the torrents of retreat…

Abeeni

Abeeni

*ABÈÈNÍ* Abèèní Refuse me a final refusal For when máámi sings my oríkì In smouldering sounds I will rustle into a…

Once Upon a Nation

Once Upon a Nation

I know a nation Where the labours of the heroes past are in vain, With barrels of empty cultures I know of a heaven…

Amaka

Amaka

AMAKA Amaka, So I was right, when I pointed at this bread fruit tree two years ago, and told you that that was how…

Dawn

Dawn

*DAWN* The sky had veiled itself with a sea-blue shade before Alani woke up that morning. The sinister cockerels had b…

Do you

Do you

DO YOU ~soulPoet I thought about you often I want to look into your eyes And feel the warmth of your touch. I went…

Omolanke

Omolanke

*A poem about sex dolls* Omolanke [Dolls] Days of creation were but six Epilogued on the seventh day Beautiful craf…

Tell Me

Tell Me

Tell Me They tell us in sacred grooves We read from sacred books Mortal clothes for Immortal gowns When we breathe …

Empty

Empty

*EMPTY* He walked into the empty room Without even a knock Neither did he ask for permission I allowed him Cos it …

Empty Room

Empty Room

there is an empty room in my heart an endless space for your lifetme art the door is open day and night please come …

What Will bite you, will bite you

What Will bite you, will bite you

*WHAT WILL BITE YOU, WILL BITE YOU* My biggest fear is, not getting perturbed by anything. I just want to live for ot…

Ripe Plantain

Ripe Plantain

*RIPE PLANTAIN* All seated in class awaiting the next lecturer for what will likely  be a very long  lecture Just the…

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Paradise lost They said! Creation's myth breathe Clay we were at first When He moulded a form 'nd breathe …

Penalty of Godhead

Penalty of Godhead

*Penalty of Godhead* The old man's bed of straw caught a flame blown from overnight logs by harmattan's inc…

Let Me

Let Me

Let me . I know from thousands of cuts you bleed These cuts turn scars and scars repeat the deed I know millions o…

Quotes compiled by F.O.G

Quotes compiled by F.O.G

👉 *"If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no c…

Red Festival

Red Festival

Red Festival Oh! Pretty damsel Fair as sunshine Glorious as peony Virtuous as Virgin Mary, I yearn for ; Your bac…

Ife

Ife

IFE Today My mind sings a lullaby Not to lure you to the place of sleep But to lead you to the place of Love I wil…

Letter to you

Letter to you

Dear anybody who cares, I hope this letter reaches you in time Before the beautiful silver metal kisses my hand And …

MEMORY

Time flies, When I was a chap, My heart softens like the newly harvest wool; I've no delight in hate My attitu…

She will never be happy

She will never be happy

The season before the harvest When your barns knew only rusty yams You frequent my door With smiles hanging on your hun…

Chronicle of the Sage (Part 6)

Fate has led the way Over many a thousand hills To become an hermit in a hut In this forbidden enclave Neighboured …

HALF TIME SUBSTITUTION

In the house of Ajala Onimori mori There I have seen ladies of different backside Devouring milk out of my manhood …

We Must Die before We Live

We Must Die before We Live

In my forlorn dream Of a night gone by In a misty clouds I stood Between two worlds Before a fiery being Winged of gold…

Never Younger Again

Never Younger Again

If I can change the past I will inscribe my story with caution I will revisit the days of ignorance To make wiser decis…

Menstrauting Muse

Menstrauting Muse

MENSTRUATING MUSE I was truly invited by a menstruating muse,  to a game of Words on a white pa- per bed. To tickl…

Article by Odewoye Mayowa

Article by Odewoye Mayowa

Good afternoon I believe all is well with you. I came across an episode of life's activities where I became a cou…

Death of a Warrior

Death of a Warrior

Oh Adufe, The only one with a fire sparkling eyes, A thunder stricken voice, An angry, smiling face, The woman whos…

Short Story by KHAYTEE

Short Story by KHAYTEE

Dear the first, I grew up trying to  please you. I always thought being first was the only way to win your heart. But …

When the sun cried

When the sun cried

*When the sun cried* ( A born Day) Do I see hands over a face in the sky? I thought the sun had mustered courage If …

Ola Olu’s Proposal

Ola Olu’s Proposal

OLA-OLU'S PROPOSAL I'm OLA-OLUWA as OLAITAN said This is my love story Which must be read & heard Take …

A Heartfelt Cry

A Heartfelt Cry

A heartfelt cry With crossed Tangled minds I bitterly speak my heart To the craving ear which would hear my piece and…

Love

Love

Love❤ Love so sweet Love so kind Love so calm like the overflowing torrent of the raging rivers Love so gentle,my h…

Short story by Ghost Writer

Short story by Ghost Writer

"Dare!", I heard someone call my name from the backyard and the voice sounded very familiar,too familiar to …

Broken

Broken

BROKEN Drip,drip drip,does my life leak out And slowly does my heart sit afar and cry Broken hands do I have to watc…

Bed of Memories

Bed of Memories

*Bed of Memories* She's been sleeping on the bed of memories Lost alone in her thought, where pain and happiness …

Dorothy Rigory

Dorothy Rigory

Dorothy Rigory.. My legs tuned to the rhythm of bliss Rolling like a wheel on the dance-flaw Like a Ballerina Dorot…

Wild Cat

Wild Cat

Wild Cat The earth turns and twists and light is replaced with mist the sun is shrouded in a dusky blanket and the …

Native Colonization

Native Colonization

*NATIVE COLONIZATION* We collectively fought To pull-off the zhacklez Of foreign rulerzhip Hoping that the zun Wil…

Desert of Pain

Desert of Pain

Desert of pain My heart feels heavy to breathe with ease A pressing need I see unseen My heavy heart does cry for sl…

The Lie

The Lie

The Lie My love and I, lie with each other every night and pretend not to know that we lie But even though I smile …

My Heart Bleedz

My Heart Bleedz

*MY HEART BLEEDZ* My heart bleedz To zee dark junglez Of pauper and deztitutez That make the trillionz. My heart b…

My Friend

My Friend

*MY FRIEND* A true friend is like faint sounds of a September song,so tuned to the ear and so cool to the soul. A true…

Men are not been fair

Men are not been fair

*MEN ARE NOT BEEN FAIR* *A MAN WILL CHEAT ON HIZ WOMAN WITH MANY/DIFFERENT GIRLZ, HE WILL CALL IT FUN, AND NOTHING WIL…

New poem by Seun Kolade

New poem by Seun Kolade

I wanted to wet this tree Change its shape from fig to free I thought it looked like four or fork But it didn't.…

The Little Slice of Insanity

The Little Slice of Insanity

The little slice of insanity . Listen, I wish to spill my thoughts on the papyrus of your heart And to Crest my lov…

Asake

Asake

*ASÀKÉ* Often times, When my dry season meets with her wet bosom I'd stumble and hit my cardiac against pinnacle…

Motherz’ Murder

Motherz’ Murder

*MOTHERZ' MURDER* The zhame comez From daughterz Of immorally Baptized motherz Pridefully they Awaken the maz…

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