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Category Archives: verse
About woMen
Remember About Men….Part One? Here is the second part. Do comment and share. Thanks. by @teehem It always starts with an 'xy' gene Until that 'xx' gene is formed And then 'xx' gene is re-named When she's 1-3 … Continue reading
The Gathering Cloud
by Yomi Edward Araba, What are you still doing out there, unmoved? Are your ears so muffled that you cannot hear the river roar? It is approaching… Won’t your sense dialogue with your feet? Sounds of grumbling clouds… Mothers calling … Continue reading
About Men….Part One
by Teehem It always starts with an 'xx' gene yeah, remember she ate the 'Apple' first It's her job to nurture 'xy' genes from the womb, to the tomb from the womb, it's hers to carry out the womb? Still … Continue reading
Cold Fire
by Cynthia Jusi I am thinking about this girl She and I are more than close She always wished life was fair But whoever could avoid life's troublesome woes Travelling along the bumpy road of life Laced with roses, thorns … Continue reading
NOTHING
by Cynthia Jusi In yesterday's crowd you stopped my heart's hurried pace. Through all that chaos you made mine a distinct face. The thoughts in your head echoed mine like a town crier's gong. My emotions you said filled you … Continue reading
Freedom Park
by Idris Sado These walls once were grim and gloomy. Here many a fate met their doom. I still see them in their chains, their sweaty bodies tilling the grounds. They wet the soil with tears from … Continue reading
Quietly Brilliant
by Sylvia Agamah Oh, the Moon. Ready and poised to wax or wane, Lady Moon. You roll on to perfect gain. Half Moon. Is your incompleteness healing pain? Lady Moon, are you tired? You look so pale. Art thou quiet … Continue reading
ILE
by Titilope Alake Awon kan ko ra won jo Won ni awon fe ba oke sota Oke oje Oke omu Oke ni ori eyin enin tin rin Some converged With the notion of conspiring against the mountain Mountain did … Continue reading
My Silent Outcry
by Omolola Sanusi As I sat under this cloud of misery I concluded the world must listen to my silent outcry and feel my heartfelt pain I sailed here with wishes and dreams I only craved for freedom and liberty yet … Continue reading
Col’ World
by @teehem The World is a cold Hard spinning globe Indifferent to tears If it would stop, just once Then, I’d know it cares Life must go on Yes, but why it must Dares no one say? Or is … Continue reading
The Future Is Us
by Jide Ojedokun The future is us it's in the gifts we carry it's in the hope we raise it's in the rest we crave The future is us it runs deep in us it resides in chambers of … Continue reading
Naked Woman, Black Woman
by Madu Chisom Kingdavid Naked Woman, Black Woman Charcoal-coloured mid-wife of the newborn sun; Symphonic spumes of cuenza rippling on the eyeballs of crocodiles And the adder of tropical rainforest at the banquet of gustnado. You are that dark dimpled … Continue reading