My Poems
ARE THERE REALLY BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD?
When we walk on the street of tomorrow Will there still be carcasses around the dark places Of men who paid the ultim…
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Politics
Unmasking the Beasts: An Evaluation of Buhari's Silence by Oloyede
The lifeless body of the 19 people murdered by the Fulani in Gwre East at the early hours of Tuesday If I had a c…
My Poems
SHUT UP AND WALK AWAY
Don't say those things It might hurt a friend Don't do those things It will break a heart? No need going a mill…
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WAITING FOR A PERFECT MAN
Not the type of guy you like My gait too dull for you Rustles around my freckled neck And blushes above my wrinkled fac…
My Poems
ALL HAIL THE KING
Timeless in glory Endless in majesty Uncreated mystery Dwelling in unsearchable light Redeemer of a shattered past Wisd…
African Poetry
THE LIES YOU TELL
The lies you tell Can cast a spell. The spell it cast Can blind the eyes. The eyes it blind Can give love. The l…
African Poetry
I SHAKE MY HEAD
Terror is the horror of the day, People languishing in pain Beggars have gone on strike The road is now empty We c…
African Poetry
LOVE
*LOVE* He's the modest of all,I've meet Too handsome that I'd to quit my ex So close that I think of no …
African Poetry
I AM GOING HOME
I am going home. Filled with ecstasy at first, It's called love at first sight But like a smoke it faded away T…
African Poetry
WING
You're bright like a Yellow sun that gazes day. You're kind like like a Gorgeous rainbow that paints sky. …
African Poetry
In the Midst of the Broth
*In The Midst of The Broth* Many dip their hands deep into the potion, Some bury their heads deep to find the solutio…
African Poetry
DELILAH
You allured me like virgin Mary, And I adorned you Like Joseph the carpenter. Your rosaries are More than Hushpupp…
African Poetry
Lesbianism
When I was 7, my classmate told me "Boys aren't suppose to play with girls" I never really asked why I…
African Poetry
LOVE TO THE HILLS
Love to the hills The world so heavy by Carried by a pin Defines my love for you my darling queen My heart skips a b…
African Poetry
ORPHANS
*DEDICATED TO ALL THE ORPHANS OUT THERE* Seating on a lonely sit All by myself Thinking of how it all began The mem…
African Poetry
All We Ask Of You
All we ask of you is that you kill not our dreams so that when we eat the mouldy bread of affliction today we can …
African Poetry
W.H.I.M?
Our Bodies gyrated to the loud music We wiggled, rocked, twisted and swayed Like lab rats, we ingested loads of chem…
African Poetry
Miseries: Seen and unseen
With heads hung high in the skies With lies and deceit openly crawling into our lives Helplessly were we forced to f…
Status
A MILLION CRY
A million cry Slowly as the seconds count before our very own breath, its more than three month now with no single ach…
African Poetry
A BROKEN HEART
Tears of blood fall from her broken heart When ever she remembered how you ripped her heart apart When you held her, …
African Poetry
Like Fog
Who sings of peace In the season of war, Such fellow believes, If man don't end war, War will end man Like fog…
African Poetry
To The Sleeping Beauty
With gentle meekness Your hands curve at hedges like the roasted chicken Meeting at the centre _to hold again_ Twir…
African Poetry
Paga
*Paga!* *Scarredpoet* Yokolu Yokolu, Ko wa tan bi Iyawo gbe Oke sanle, Oko yoke Remember the old wives tale! Sung …
African Poetry
I've never been raped before
I've never actually been raped before I've only imagined it I visited my friends yesterday And one by one th…
African Poetry
Sex Doll
He took her into his home A nice stranger she thought Showed her love and care He made her feel safe And suddenly s…
African Poetry
Tell Ejide
TELL EJIDE EJIDE Do you remember at all Our beautiful inception At the dream sea As the crab drums yummy And the …
African Poetry
If Not Here, Where?
Hard is life when you feel out of place. You slide into the spaces but there are gaps along the edges. The light of d…
African Poetry
Misfortune
MISFORTUNE! Stroking her nape with just a finger, Peaceful gesture, with painful picture. In a split second she goes…
African Poetry
Turn around
Prosperity is not a tree grow over night Nor leaders are made through over sight Poverty is not a curse of bad luck …
African Poetry
She Whale
SHE WHALE . . He prepared the pan for fish, But his Hook eventually caught whale. _niyeric9518 April, 2018 ©sou…