By Kolade Ajayi. The cabals are not only the Lawanis; They are well bribed out of it. The cabals are not only those who are entrapped, Though they await[…]
Category: Poetry
Three Poems
By Richard Ali How Wild Horses Die A braying in the ear, the scratch of pen on parchment The heat of radiating blood boiling earth in a shimmering Of[…]
Three Poems
By Rotimi Babatunde ______ Oedipus Rex: The Comedy Daughter… Listen: Once upon a time a cat swirled like an iron vortex whirled as[…]
Three Poems
By Hajo Isa Bird Eye Your courage is sure, I watch you swoop and twist above The receding skyline. Carelessly you glide, Leaving the sweetness of stolen heaven.[…]
Five Poems
by Alkasim Abdulkadir 1. Stoning from Glass Houses! The took away our lands And built glass houses They took away the stones So we won’t throw stones At their glass houses.[…]
Farewell Song
by Razak Malik Yester-night in the Hazy moon-light Tears littered the Corridors of those streets Memories searched for Lost dreams- shattered history Once I heard dreams were born Now[…]
Fragments from Sanskriti Kendra
by Uche Peter Umez Poetry of Pots A butterfly skims over my path, as if I’m scented with pollens. I trail after it, craving harmony. It leads me to a cozy[…]
Linger Still
By Soji Cole That black Friday When the canoe berthed by the bank You entered as a passenger Oh, how can you be so unsuspicious! Not to know that the[…]