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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…
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My Poems
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…
Poems
Catholic Funk
*CATHOLIC FUNK* We sang and rasped and coughed As the communion touched our sterile tongue My heart uncoiled and fel…
Poems
Blank Dialogue
*BLANK DIALOGUE* Ma'am can you hear me? Are you angry? I can feel the holocaust over this telephone Over these …
Poems
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…
Poems
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 …
Poems
Stop Abusing Poetry
STOP ABUSING POETRY (Shakespeare cries) Each time we meet I could feel the spill The sound of gushing Blood from h…
Poems
New Eve
New Eve {sex doll🙎🏽} . Years have begotten ages And ages baby-showered strangely beautiful …
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Aunty Mimo
Aunty Mimo. Scarredpoet _ Aunty Mimo! Divine' unsung mother Last bender of mortal's morality Chief cust…
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Thighs
Thighs (Soul Poet) When weight of life Bruises & Colds my heart I ran to you Like a troubled chick runs To mo…
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They Too
*THEY TOO* They too, have lain amongst dreams And perused, in tears, and in a streamlet Down the torrents of retreat…
Poems
Abeeni
*ABÈÈNÍ* Abèèní Refuse me a final refusal For when máámi sings my oríkì In smouldering sounds I will rustle into a…
Poems
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…
Poems
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…
Poems
Dawn
*DAWN* The sky had veiled itself with a sea-blue shade before Alani woke up that morning. The sinister cockerels had b…
Poems
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…
Poems
Omolanke
*A poem about sex dolls* Omolanke [Dolls] Days of creation were but six Epilogued on the seventh day Beautiful craf…
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Tell Me
Tell Me They tell us in sacred grooves We read from sacred books Mortal clothes for Immortal gowns When we breathe …
Poems
Empty
*EMPTY* He walked into the empty room Without even a knock Neither did he ask for permission I allowed him Cos it …
Poems
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 …
Stories
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…
Stories
Ripe Plantain
*RIPE PLANTAIN* All seated in class awaiting the next lecturer for what will likely be a very long lecture Just the…
Poems
Paradise Lost
Paradise lost They said! Creation's myth breathe Clay we were at first When He moulded a form 'nd breathe …
Poems
Penalty of Godhead
*Penalty of Godhead* The old man's bed of straw caught a flame blown from overnight logs by harmattan's inc…
Poems
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
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 yo…
Poems
Red Festival
Red Festival Oh! Pretty damsel Fair as sunshine Glorious as peony Virtuous as Virgin Mary, I yearn for ; Your bac…
Poems
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…
Poems
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…
My Poems
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…
Series
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 …
My Poems
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…
My Poems
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…
African Poetry
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…
Politics
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…
Poems
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…
Stories
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 …
African Poetry
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 …
Poems
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 …
Poems
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…
Poems
Love
Love❤ Love so sweet Love so kind Love so calm like the overflowing torrent of the raging rivers Love so gentle,my h…
Poems
Short story by Ghost Writer
"Dare!", I heard someone call my name from the backyard and the voice sounded very familiar,too familiar to …
African Poetry
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…
Poems
Bed of Memories
*Bed of Memories* She's been sleeping on the bed of memories Lost alone in her thought, where pain and happiness …
Poems
Dorothy Rigory
Dorothy Rigory.. My legs tuned to the rhythm of bliss Rolling like a wheel on the dance-flaw Like a Ballerina Dorot…
Poems
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 …
Poems
Native Colonization
*NATIVE COLONIZATION* We collectively fought To pull-off the zhacklez Of foreign rulerzhip Hoping that the zun Wil…
Poems
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…
Poems
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 …
Poems
My Heart Bleedz
*MY HEART BLEEDZ* My heart bleedz To zee dark junglez Of pauper and deztitutez That make the trillionz. My heart b…
Stories
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…
Poems
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…
Poems
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.…
Poems
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…
Poems
Asake
*ASÀKÉ* Often times, When my dry season meets with her wet bosom I'd stumble and hit my cardiac against pinnacle…
Poems
Motherz’ Murder
*MOTHERZ' MURDER* The zhame comez From daughterz Of immorally Baptized motherz Pridefully they Awaken the maz…