There Was a country

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

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 thought of mama and ...

Catholic Funk

*CATHOLIC FUNK* We sang and rasped and coughed As the communion touched our sterile tongue My heart uncoiled and fell Like notes from a ...

Blank Dialogue

*BLANK DIALOGUE* Ma'am can you hear me? Are you angry? I can feel the holocaust over this telephone Over these halt-lines of vocal c...

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 Pentecostal sounds of cha...

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 braided hair Of a hi...

Stop Abusing Poetry

STOP ABUSING POETRY (Shakespeare cries) Each time we meet I could feel the spill The sound of gushing Blood from his core, rushing Sha...

New Eve

New Eve {sex doll🙎🏽} . Years have begotten ages And ages baby-showered strangely beautiful civilization In the garden of Eden men par...

Aunty Mimo

Aunty Mimo.      Scarredpoet _ Aunty Mimo! Divine' unsung mother Last bender of mortal's morality Chief custodian of earthly ethi...

Thighs

Thighs (Soul Poet) When weight of life Bruises & Colds my heart I ran to you Like a troubled chick runs To mother  hen. On your t...

They Too

*THEY TOO* They too, have lain amongst dreams And perused, in tears, and in a streamlet Down the torrents of retreating hopes For the fa...

Abeeni

*ABÈÈNÍ* Abèèní Refuse me a final refusal For when máámi sings my oríkì In smouldering sounds I will rustle into a romantic haze And d...

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 Ruled by corrupt go...

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 this love may end. ...

Dawn

*DAWN* The sky had veiled itself with a sea-blue shade before Alani woke up that morning. The sinister cockerels had bathed dawn with coo-l...

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 to dream every night...

Omolanke

*A poem about sex dolls* Omolanke [Dolls] Days of creation were but six Epilogued on the seventh day Beautiful crafted! My handiwork Fi...

Tell Me

Tell Me They tell us in sacred grooves We read from sacred books Mortal clothes for Immortal gowns When we breathe our last air Tell me...

Empty

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

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 inside and see the li...

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 others. I just want to ...

Ripe Plantain

*RIPE PLANTAIN* All seated in class awaiting the next lecturer for what will likely  be a very long  lecture Just then that moment arrives...

Paradise Lost

Paradise lost They said! Creation's myth breathe Clay we were at first When He moulded a form 'nd breathe life with a missing r...

Penalty of Godhead

*Penalty of Godhead* The old man's bed of straw caught a flame blown from overnight logs by harmattan's incendiary breath. Defyi...

Let Me

Let me . I know from thousands of cuts you bleed These cuts turn scars and scars repeat the deed I know millions of pain has been depos...

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 compassion for yoursel...

Red Festival

Red Festival Oh! Pretty damsel Fair as sunshine Glorious as peony Virtuous as Virgin Mary, I yearn for ; Your backside that drunk men ...

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 will build you a castle ...

Letter to you

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

MEMORY

Time flies, When I was a chap, My heart softens like the newly harvest wool; I've no delight in hate My attitude picks little fault...

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 hungry lips Over the cal...

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 by vipers Brothered b...

HALF TIME SUBSTITUTION

In the house of Ajala Onimori mori There I have seen ladies of different backside Devouring milk out of my manhood Arousing sensual feel...

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 Shrouded of flame Hi...

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 decisions In this life At ...

Menstrauting Muse

MENSTRUATING MUSE I was truly invited by a menstruating muse,  to a game of Words on a white pa- per bed. To tickle with a bleeding pe...

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 counsellor and advisor. ...

Death of a Warrior

Oh Adufe, The only one with a fire sparkling eyes, A thunder stricken voice, An angry, smiling face, The woman whose legs' beads sho...

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 I was never good enou...

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 it turns red at times...

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 bench, sit back any...

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 bear my tear My bro...

Love

Love❤ Love so sweet Love so kind Love so calm like the overflowing torrent of the raging rivers Love so gentle,my heart is melting Love...

Short story by Ghost Writer

"Dare!", I heard someone call my name from the backyard and the voice sounded very familiar,too familiar to me. Whoever it was sh...

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 watch and mourn I unders...

Bed of Memories

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

Dorothy Rigory

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

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 wild cat steps out of...

Native Colonization

*NATIVE COLONIZATION* We collectively fought To pull-off the zhacklez Of foreign rulerzhip Hoping that the zun Will Zhine on all the na...

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 sleep but; My beautifu...

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 and say nothing when...

My Heart Bleedz

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

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 friend is like a flo...

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 WILL HAPPEN.* *BUT A GI...

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. It looked like hand...

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 love on the skin of your...

Asake

*ASÀKÉ* Often times, When my dry season meets with her wet bosom I'd stumble and hit my cardiac against pinnacles Of her squared min...

Motherz’ Murder

*MOTHERZ' MURDER* The zhame comez From daughterz Of immorally Baptized motherz Pridefully they Awaken the mazzez By hoizting the ...