Poetry
from different poets in Nigeria and around the world. Read inspiring poems from contributing Poets to inspire you.
We publish not only contemporary Nigerian poets but also African poets and their poetry.
from different poets in Nigeria and around the world. Read inspiring poems from contributing Poets to inspire you.
We publish not only contemporary Nigerian poets but also African poets and their poetry.
Come… let us poem it out – I One could begin with the present andSay “the beginning of this poem is lostLike the knowledge of God’s beginning”What matters is the…More
Therapy for Dark Torsos i grew up to be sieged by the nothingness of mind.like a spiegeleisen,it takes multitudes of dust to submerge a homo sapiens to the farthest micron.…More
Not only the transition of bright to dull in the skyOr the pregnant cloudsBut also the beautiful sightOf white untainted drops from the cloudMakes me love a rainy day. Not…More
Skins That Sing i.Just say melanin.And I’d listen to the sky spell it out to me as: more of me. Dig through yourself to find me under your nailsSometimes ago,…More
Self Portrait at 19 it’s 5:00 in the morning. I tiptoe towardsthe room’s oldest mirror in my birthdaysuit, examining what parts of my father’ssilhouette I have carried into myself. Ithrow…More
The lady with the issue of breast cancer for Ma Nancy during the delivery of this poem,the savior didn’t feel the touchof the lady with the issue of breast cancer…More
the language of descent I remember when we used to flyand how the sky carried us in its pouchthe wind caressing our wingsthe sun begging to join our flockand gravity…More
What If? What if the sun rises in the west and set at east?What if the moon shines at day and neglect the night?If the hands speaks and the eye…More
The wounds I’ve healed from do not keep me up at night – I have a scar on my knees. — Samuel Adeyemi My father in his morning ritualsleft his…More