Nigerian literature
The Part That’s Gone by Priscilla Adesheyoju
What I saw in you was love. What I gained from you was lost. How on earth can this be true? When all I ever wanted is you. A broken heart; a shattered soul. I had lost you even before I had you. When again can my life behold? With my face bent with permanent…
Ode to A Child by Fisayomi Ogungbe
You are the soil the farmer cannot do without like an arrow in the hand of an archer you determine the fate, the future of a nation, of families. You are an inheritance you are the future a name dies without you you are the name a child is what you are
A Wish for A Witch
She’s a witch, my mother Or how could she be so strong? They were right, her foes My mother’s a witch That’s why she don’t sleep at night
Life’s Discordant Melody by ‘Uzuazo Onwah
In the chimes of alarm clocks, In the crowing of proud cocks. In the clicks as doors unlock, In the grumbles of livestock. In the songs of devotion, In clatters of breaking dawn. In the rays of rising sun, In the early morning runs. In the traffic of rush hour, In the…
Dreams
by Teehem Dreams are my affliction; they disease me Dreams drown me, fill me with sweetness Then disown me Rheumy dreams, lucid…pap solid I stir through Storied dreams…folktale’s pleasure Agony of myths Bewilderment of legends Across these firmaments Reign I over Celestials Dreams, the writer’s ink Fuel this train of thought Oil this frenzied brain…
In your arms by eDriiz
In your arms I lie, the world washes on by. No shadows in your beauty, for your smile lightens up the darkness. In the sweetness of your warmth, I fear not the blazing snow. left I am in my imaginations when in your arms I lie.
M & M – A Poem by Uzuazo Onwah
An Ode to M, postmortem. Just to be safe I'll call you M. We met last night in the dim light Of one minuscle candlelight. I thought I'd seen your face before, But, like I said, the light was poor. So I turned 'round and looked away, And let my wandering mind stray. But…
Go Slow by Fisayomi Ogungbe
When your heart boils, playing host to the global warming, take a pause,a breath and GO SLOW
Gone, Not Forgotten
First kisses could be sloppy Wet and harried like new born puppies Bittersweet, yet lovely Once tasted, forever remembered Lives not more than fleeting seconds A meeting of flesh that quickens heartbeat; What best explains the word ‘excitement’? The pink towel springs and thrusts So bold a thing, it explores Deep and deeper,…
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 out aloud Fowls running home to roost On whomever this torrent sees It beats… In haste We…