There Was A Country By Mayowa Odewoye It is written: "the Glory of the Latter shall surpass the former" but it is pitiable that ...
Sunday, 25 February 2018
Maybe Because I've Forgotten
February 25, 2018
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 ...
Sunday, 18 February 2018
Catholic Funk
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
New Eve {sex doll🙎🏽} . Years have begotten ages And ages baby-showered strangely beautiful civilization In the garden of Eden men par...
Aunty Mimo
February 18, 2018
Aunty Mimo. Scarredpoet _ Aunty Mimo! Divine' unsung mother Last bender of mortal's morality Chief custodian of earthly ethi...
Thighs
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
*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
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
👉 *"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
February 18, 2018
Red Festival Oh! Pretty damsel Fair as sunshine Glorious as peony Virtuous as Virgin Mary, I yearn for ; Your backside that drunk men ...
Ife
February 18, 2018
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
February 18, 2018
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...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
MEMORY
February 15, 2018
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...
Sunday, 11 February 2018
She will never be happy
February 11, 2018
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...
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Chronicle of the Sage (Part 6)
February 06, 2018
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...
Saturday, 3 February 2018
HALF TIME SUBSTITUTION
February 03, 2018
In the house of Ajala Onimori mori There I have seen ladies of different backside Devouring milk out of my manhood Arousing sensual feel...
Friday, 2 February 2018
We Must Die before We Live
February 02, 2018
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
February 02, 2018
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 ...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Menstrauting Muse
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
"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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
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
February 01, 2018
*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
February 01, 2018
*MOTHERZ' MURDER* The zhame comez From daughterz Of immorally Baptized motherz Pridefully they Awaken the mazzez By hoizting the ...
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