Babanla Shithole

*Wetin* man *pikin* go do? *Na* me born myself? Not my decision to b black o She dey worry say I never get common job *Abeg* tell *am* say c...

Wish I am Little Forever by Omolola Stella

E Wi Fun Maami Pe Mo ti Grad by Omolola Stella

Will Surely Kill a Man

... Will surely kill a man . I've met maggots in my jar of salt Boomerang they say But quite interesting I found them . Like cattl...

You Can't Take Him from Me

YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM FROM ME You can't take him from me No matter how you try You sent the sun to itch my scalp Every time I'm...

Poem by The Eagle

A Wind in My Sail

*A WIND IN MY SAIL* Amidst the raging tide A boat of my life Dull to the bone To a destination like the sky As the dark blue sky loomed...

Not a Poem by Scarredpoet

*NOT A POEM* I have seen your words Crafted with in your wits into lines 'nd your lines cocooned into stanzas Your delight, you took...

E Wi Fun Maami Pe Mo ti Grad by Victoria

Like a queen on parade She was clothed in a mini gown Shoes with heels like a pencil tip Face on point and well decorated Like a bride g...

Tricks of Temptation

TRICKS OF TEMPTATION In the tales of war, Lessons have leant from the spear of fears, Experiences have gathered through blood thirsty tou...

It is Cold Outside

*IT'S COLD OUTSIDE* Air tense, mouth opens, Carbon Dioxide Oozed out, my thoughts gasp Ripples from raindrops on the window outside ...

Nigeria an Harlot by Drunk Poet

Nigeria, an harlot . I saw her head graciously sitting on a spike And her blood meandered through the edge of a pike . Her whole parts ...

Ilu Ogunmola by Soul Poet

Who Truly Deserves my Heart?

Who truly deserves my heart? She was my angel When the sky was dark When the earth was a stack She was there When my pocket was a stiff...

Live to Live Not to Die

LIVE TO LIVE NOT TO DIE everybody dies But little get to live Everybody sleeps For everybody dreams Only livers wake After severe  str...

To His Coy Mistress by Scarredpoet

To his coy mistress What's to write ? When the spirit is down What's to pen ? When the ink is gone For on boredom's sea I ...

Pain Kissed Hopes

Pain kissed hopes . I've always wanted to design dreams Not to chase them like kids after butterflies in the fields But to decorate ...

Chronicle of the Sage___ Part 5

My sail was calm on the shoulders of the night I stood on the wings of those quiet hours I saw visions of bright horizons Of vast hinter...

The Sun had Set Beyond the River

In silence I heard a lonesome bird sing “The world is a cruel place A colony of monsters A kingdom of beasts” In the bliss of a sizzling hea...

Life is Like a Coin

Sometimes we win Sometimes we lose Life is like a coin tossed into the air On which side it will land no one knows If people  have dug i...

Chronicle of the Sage ___Part 4

"This same place where out path did cross We will meet again There and then  We shall drink the liquor of lust Down to the dreg wil...

THE OGUN FESTIVAL

On the eve of this festive noon Lives lauded with tune of rhymeless songs will sing Under the influence of a subtle drink. White cold-ha...

THE VISITORS

It was few days to the New Year and I was sitting in my living room browsing through my fully charged phone. I was chatting with a coupl...

FOR HOW LONG

White grows the lily Red grows the rose Here lies a lady Look how she grows Tripple B's they call her Her way of life fearful Yet...

Chronicle of the Sage ____Part 3

Right in front of me The queen of seduction sat With beckoning laps wide apart  Exposing her white underwear The flag of immoral adventu...

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NIGERIA; THE TOGETHERNESS

What future we dream in time past That turns our present smile into a gruesome glee Nigeria, I wish to tour you On a bill of parliamentar...

The Pretty Beast

THE PRETTY BEAST . I know you wield the beauty of flowers And sweet scent of roses you emit. Yes, you dwell in a city called love, In a...

Sensual Confession

Sensual Confession To my man of crafty words From your lady of soulful soul A confession have I this day From the very womb of my heart Your...

New by by Success

The waters overflow the banks of life Running across the soft seasides of our hearts Our heartbeats do smile and think aloud Life at the ...

Sensual Confession

Sensual Confession To my man of crafty words From your lady of soulful soul A confession have I this day From the very womb of my heart ...

Who Will Bell the Cat?

WHO WILL BELL THE CAT? A terrible mistake it was To let the Cat settle with us So things fell apart And we were out of the garden As it was ...

Innocent Day

Innocent Day -Soul Poet- . . As the cock was Leaping in ecstasy Stretching his feathers and Screaming a pure dawn, . The dew wets t...

Wishes

*_WISHES_ .* I wish to tell of the wind, Of the sweet stories it tells to me, Of the serenades I hear on its soft breath, Of its symphonies ...

Happy Sunday

~Happy Sunday friends~ What a day so splendid to behold A day to gather as Christ's sheepfold What a joy so glorious to hold With its bl...

Emere

ÈMÈRÈ Soul Poet Your age lingers long like turtle Lingers long like Methuselah years, But yet you're gleam like a wet dew. Differen...

Beauty of the Beast Within

*(The fear of freedom) Beauty of the beast within* . She's screaming Constantly banging the bars She wants out Freedom She's a ...

The Girl with the Broken Heart

*The girl with the broken heart* Don't trust the girl with the broken heart, she has ~slain~ far too many hearts Don't trust the gir...

The Girl with the Broken Heart

*The girl with the broken heart* Don't trust the girl with the broken heart, she has ~slain~ far too many hearts Don't trust the g...

Could It Be You?

Could It Be You? ~PROSE~ . . It's love at first, I fell for you like a falling snow, Without your conscious. . When stars were shooting ...

Could It Be You?

Could It Be You? ~PROSE~ . . It's love at first, I fell for you like a falling snow, Without your conscious. . When stars were s...

Alive

Alive. Out of sight Still in mind Your heart beats steady in my head. Memories All I have A place to keep you alive. The magical sunsets we ...

Alive

Alive. Out of sight Still in mind Your heart beats steady in my head. Memories All I have A place to keep you alive. The magical suns...

Keresimesi

Keresimesi My country people! Pay me your ears In our common market of words Sit! On my eerie chariots of old Let me tell you a tale of kere...

Rainbow

Rainbow -Soul Poet- . . Many times I gaze at skies Wishing for a rainbow To come out and play And wishing its mojo Will bring you b...

Scarlet Lines IV

Scarlet lines IV Maybe, Maybe have got my heart On the wrong side of my chest. Maybe, Maybe happiness is not meant for all Just an illusion ...

Scarlet Lines IV

Scarlet lines IV Maybe, Maybe have got my heart On the wrong side of my chest. Maybe, Maybe happiness is not meant for all Just an ill...

Do We Wait Till Our Turn?

DO WE WAIT TILL OUR TURN? Do we wait till our turn Or we just sit and watch them burn Children weep for parent's loss And awaiting t...

My Daughter on Her Wedding Day

MY DAUGHTER, ON HER WEDDING DAY. By: Aliu-Ahmad Olalekan Gold. Dear Daughter! It is necessary that I shed these tears, Today, marks an end t...

My Daughter on Her Wedding Day

MY DAUGHTER, ON HER WEDDING DAY. By: Aliu-Ahmad Olalekan Gold. Dear Daughter! It is necessary that I shed these tears, Today, marks an e...

Dear Wind Blow Me

Dear wind, blow me. . Back to our primitive society Where unity and tranquility were the mainstay of the community When religion dare not de...

Dear Wind Blow Me

Dear wind, blow me. . Back to our primitive society Where unity and tranquility were the mainstay of the community When religion dare no...

Life a Warning Bell

Life( a warning Bell) Though we may fall We still will stand Though we do still cry Our wet eyes still clean up dry Though life does not giv...

Pen's Letter

Pen's letter          2      Penner This is a preface to my letter As I write to my great handlers Oh dear Penner I need your list...