Life by Timi Sanni
Life
Of skinny children with empty bowls
Of moguls dressed in gilded attires
Of ancestors long gone
Abused by Ibrahim Williams
When you came to seek my commitment
You came wearing no sterns but smiles.
You knelt to our customs, and laid a-front my parents.
You promised me heaven, on earth,
Selfie by Joseph Akinnawonu
It must have caused
God a whole lot
to form me –
a steady hand
Declaration by Michael Akuchie
I love lingering
Lingering inside a bus
Hugging the fine facade of faces,
The driver’s face especially.
Another Day by Immaculata Abba
Orange clouds merge with the sun-filled spaces amidst leaf shadows on the wall
And our whole world becomes one gooey ember
Everywhere you look, the light is falling and even
A Fraud Fighter by Olatubosun David
We hail thee!
O lion of the jungle
We hail thee!
King of the forest
We hail thee!
Codeine Diet by Dami Ajayi
Codeine Diet
Online is a weak cyber-metaphor for high
But you already know
Like you know blue is still the colour of the sky