My Poems
Boy at the Bend of the River by Olatuja Oloyede
Boy at the Bend of the River - August 29, 2017 Omiri, the great boarderless river of Tansa Has grown wicked horns Ever…
My Poems
My Works
The Beautiful Monster Called Love
THE BEAUTIFUL MONSTER CALLED LOVE You are the mystery unknown Fiercer than the blazing sun Tender as the morning dew Su…
My Poems
I am the passing shadow
*I AM THE PASSING SHADOW* I am the gay bird Singing on the twilight trees I am the bent unbroken elder Walking down…
My Poems
I AM THE LAST RUINED NIGGA
I'm the last ruined Nigga Robbed of life and and all that made me me I owned the street and ran its shows Kille…
My Poems
WE OFTEN MAKE WRONG CHOICES
WE OFTEN MAKE WRONG CHOICES Sometimes we drift with the wind Wandering with the rumbling storms Into the patchless r…
My Poems
Nothing unachievable is conceivable
*NOTHING UNACHIEVABLE IS CONCEIVABLE* _*(philosophical)*_ What if this world is remade And life's links rearrang…
My Works
FOR SCARREDPOET ON HIS BIRTHDAY
*FOR SCARREDPOET ON HIS BIRTHDAY* Let us break kola over these kegs of palm wine Let the dancers prod the Aren…
My Poems
Tell Amanda by Olatuja Oloyede
*TELL AMANDA MY FRIEND* _(life and health to you Amanda)_ You may not understand this But it doesn't m…
My Poems
TOMORROW IS TOO FAR FOR DREAMS
TOMORROW IS TOO FAR FOR DREAMS What happens in that dark passage That narrow tunnel between life and death Where the…
My Poems
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHICH SIDE WE ARE
Some loves and can't stop Others' hate won't end The path we ply might be by choice But some are born j…
My Poems
WHEN THE FINAL NIGHT COMES
I once met a comely lady Of all creatures there is none fairer Her voice so sweet Her smiles sticks and never wash …
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…
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…
My Poems
ALL HAIL THE KING
Timeless in glory Endless in majesty Uncreated mystery Dwelling in unsearchable light Redeemer of a shattered past Wisd…
My Poems
WHAT A PEACEFUL LIFE NEEDS
Some things will never change Like the strips on the zebra skin Some tears will never dry Like the rivers running into …
My Poems
SONG OF THE LOST SOUL
A monster from the shadows Haunting me from my dark days I once negotiate with demons But I didn't exchange my soul…
My Poems
To be good is to be moderately wicked
*TO BE GOOD IS TO BE MODERATELY WICKER* The morning sun cut me on my idle bed I stared at my door and remembered sudden…
Status
SUNDAY AWODI REST IN PEACE
SUNDAY AWODI REST IN PEACE In the quietness of the hour When the birds of dawn slumbered In the stillness of the nig…
My Poems
Love or Madness
LOVE OR MADNESS For her he made a raiment of gold But walks the street on fading rags He built her a mansion of diamond…
My Poems
Fake Pastors
*Fake Pastors* That mouth that has mastered the best lies Will speak as an oracle of God next sunday They will listen a…
My Poems
Everybody knows
He sat on a fallen trunk among his fellow inmates Not minding the termites that burrowed beneath his short Nor the su…
My Poems
The first day of a Ghost
The hut is filling up with shrieks of broken wailers Papa sat on a low stool Head bowed in deep sorrow Mama sat on the …
Series
The Song of Tama for Dunga the Son of Atandi ____Part IV
Dunga! Dunga! Dunga! How many times did I call you? Do not wait Until your bones become flakes of dust in its grave …
Series
The Tears of Tama for Dunga the Son of Atandi ___Part III
They will never know The ruin their wicked hands had done On the destiny of this world For every young soul that dep…
Series
The Tears of Tama for Dunga the Son Atandi ___Part II
That morning when the shriek cry of mama Pierced the peace of a weird dawn Asueke stood by my bed Shaking my legs wi…
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…
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 …
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…
My Poems
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 *…
Series
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 ho…
Poems
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 bl…
Poems
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 …
Series
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…