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 Sustaining the undying ...

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 Arena with their magical ...

Your Will Alone be Done

Sometimes unanswered prayers are God's greatest gifts. If all our prayers are answered, we may end up missing God's plan for our liv...

Your Will Alone be Done

Sometimes unanswered prayers are God's greatest gifts. If all our prayers are answered, we may end up missing God's plan for our liv...

Idylls of Love__Part 10 (The Lingering Scent of Fakindi War)

The Lingering Scent of Fakindi War "During the days of Akimba Things were different Boys travel down to the sacred groove to become men...

Idylls of Love___Part 9: (This is Destiny)

This is Destiny When it was three days Before Sosa festival Bambili invited me to his room He sat on his old wooden bed The one his own fath...

Idylls of Love ____Part 4 (Has Time Done this Injustice?)

Idylls of Love ___Part 4 (Has Time done this Injustice?) "I've heard too many weird stories About the yonder cities Furnished in th...

Idylls of Love ____Part 3 (Long Way from Home)

Idylls of Love ___Part 3 (Long Road from Home) My gaze went from your watery eyes To the green grass upon which we stood I Could almost hear...

Idylls of Love ___Part Two (The Last Tryst?

Idylls of Love ___Part Two (The Last Tryst ) Could it be love That placed your face everywhere I turned? Could it be love That planted your...

Attaining Christian Maturity

Now if I ask you, what conditions must be in place for a suckling or baby to become a full grown man, you won't think twice before you ...

THE SOCIO-POLITICAL RELEVANCE OF NIGERIAN MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SONGS OF ALEXANDER AJIFOLAJI (9ICE), BUKOLA ELEMIDE (ASA) AND BISADE OLOGUNDE (LAGBAJA)

THE SOCIO-POLITICAL RELEVANCE OF NIGERIAN MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SONGS OF ALEXANDER AJIFOLAJI (9ICE), BUKOLA ELEMIDE (ASA) A...

Little Evelyn

Little Evelyn Little Evelyn Chuckling when no joke is made Dragging everyone's thumbs to the mouth Your mother just said You are le...

Rain from the Cloudless Sky

Rain from the Cloudless Sky When on the tempestuous sea of life The ship of your soul sails When the only path upon which you tread Lead...

Orekelewa

Orekelewa! The beautiful angel With dazzling eyes like the stars Her hair black, full and fresh Stretch down the horizon of her shoulder...

To a Young Child

To a Young Child Life had taken us this far From the comfort of the cradle To the glades of conflicts Our eyes had seen The te...

A Poet is Who I Am

A Poet is Who I Am I've been taught to pronounce my name And that will I do without any shame I've been given minstrel'...

Joy Keeps Changing Apparels in this World

The wind blows bellow my hind The rain smoulders my pains The leafs of depression are still green Fertiled by the rivers of bleakne...

I Am a Dreamer Too

I Am a Dreamer Too The heat of the morning sun Devours my flesh As hot perspiration boils out of its furrows It's been a long b...

Winks of Life

Winks of Life Times are when life winks And changes garment at will Turning on one side Brings bliss and peace Flaunting the other side...

Unwanted Visitor

You the quiet messenger The custodian of the final gate of life A friend called enemy A brother called bastard The carrier of life-t...

These Starry Stairs

These Starry Stairs Upon these starry stairs The blood of giants were spilled The bones of heroes were broken The carcasses of gr...

When to Know a True Friend

The burdens of this world Are not for just one shoulder to carry The worries of this life Are not for one heart to bear The tears of...

Big Girls and Fake Lifestyle

You be Queen Zidreth  for city But your real name na Sidi for village You carry leg enter jeans  like giraffe shoulder high like say ...

We May Hide Behind the Walls of Lies

Our shores are stained with the blood Of too many innocent people Our history is written with the tears of bullied souls Too many peop...

What is It You are Thinking?

What is it you are thinking my friend? Is it endless like the blue sky above Or deeper than the bed of the sea Or darker than the fou...

You Can't Run from Me

I am the shadow of destiny That beckons in silence From the dark woods of the twilight I am the terror of traitors The conflicts in ...

Will You Dance to this Rhythms of Love

In my heart I feel the stampings of dancing feet I hear the boomings of joyful drums A song is perching on the lines of my soul With...

Upon My Head the Sun Has Fallen

These holes you see in my shirts Are not the signs of poverty But the marks of survival The scares you see on my back Are not the em...

Don't Call Me Your Brother

Please Mr man Do not call me your brother I know how many children my mama has Do not call me your friend Can dogs and tigers share ...

If She Says NO!!!

If you ask her out Please do not shout For they like it when you lie I really do not know why Liars do not scream But just whispe...

One Thing the Rich Man Lacks

You sleep on expensive beds In air-conditioned rooms Yet you complain of terrible nightmares But I spread my mats on the open grass ...

Are We Not Victims Too?

From this beautiful land Our fatherland They were taken away in chains Across  the Atlantic into strange lands Some drown in the sea...

Lust and Beauty

You twist like a serpent and smile like a goddess Each swing of your waist Is a heavy throb in my heart The way you call my name Ma...

Will You Marry Me?

Will you marry me? If I had no food in my plates No clothes on my hanger No money in my pocket No cars in my compound But only a si...

To My Fair Lady

May be I've not taken time to know you And I'm not certain of your name But each and every time my fair lady You take my kindn...

Do Not Call Me A Village Boy

Do Not Call Me a Village Boy What's this uncooked junks you call salad? What's this worms you called noodles? I prostrated to g...

Who Will Be the Next King?

While it may be possible to demystify this poem along any thematic line...it is my intention to address the confusion that ransacks social ...

Cat in Mousetown

You denizens of mousetown How come you were so fooled To make the cat you king!!! What on earth has a rogue to offer Has he pro...

Angel of Death

O great visitor The messenger of yonder realm The threat of mankind across the ages The fear of humanity in all centuries No iron ...

Sleep of Death

I know of a slumber From which no one will ever wake For men of bygone days Still lie on their rusty beds Snoring throughout eternit...

I Have Found My Future Wife

Glory glory glory!!! I have found my future wife A woman of beauty and grace The personification of everything wonderful The embodim...

Why I Can't be God

As I woke up this  morning I discovered I could read other people's minds A woman greeted me with a big smile But in her heart s...

I Deserve to be in Jail

I am a proud criminal The greatest thief of any century The biggest swindler of all generations I deceived them to trust me I sho...

Someone is Thinking About Me

Someone is thinking of me Somewhere far away I can hear you screaming my name My thoughts floods the flow of your blood You just ca...

The Three Nuts in the Calabash of Knowledge

O sons of Africa Daughters of my mother land You whose blood are still hot Whose bones are strong Hear the wisdom of old Written...

I Will Never Fall in Love Again

I Never Fall in Love Again I am that flower of innocence That blossoms in the dawn of silent mornings I am the beautiful rose Wi...

It was just....

This beautiful girl Sitting on the river slump Looking into the water As if to find a buried  treasure. I see innocence on your face Bu...

Should a Christian be a Billionaire

Do not love the world or the things in the world, anyone who loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2: 15 Ho...