Nigerian literature
Existence by Fisayomi Ogungbe
Life is beautiful its intricacies intriguing one moment am a child The next an adult Just YESTERDAY, I gave my mum a first kick, then a first cry I had my first diaper changed, then a first tooth and a first step. TODAY, I take a first step into the adult's world expecting to…
Sun So Blue by Sylvia Ojima Agamah
Sitting here in a silent room Reflecting to ease the doom Words marking my paper down Rolling off like a falling crown My pain bleeds red as I write What my heart hurts to hide In my throat a lump All emotions numb Revenge is sweet lifts me up on my feet…
Word War by Ibisola Omoyoloye
It was a typical love commotion, This time, You're drowning in the pool of total confusion, Being the poor victim violently Crushed by the big feet Of False accusation You begin to lose your mind As Thousands of emotions; Set to purify your stained innocence Struggle aggressively to be heard But then,…
One More Chance by Opeyemi Odeyale
I looked at the mirror And it reflected what I am Sad, rejected, filled with regrets This is not who I want to be This isn’t me Time please be my friend and let me start again Give me this chance I want to grow up again Maybe only this time I’d live my…
Forgive Me by Opeyemi Odeyale
Forgive me friend For I can’t forgive you As much as I try not to remember It all keeps coming back The pain, the shame The tears, the fear The anguish, the hatred I had to live and cope with all these The greater part of my life I coped with the disgrace Now…
I, too, reek of this smell
The odour here is strong I wear it around Like a lip-stick On the shoulder of an unfaithful spouse … To be sane here is hard Everywhere reeks of marijuana of mad-ness And frank-incense of licentious sins … The odour here is strong I wear it around Like a sultry scent worn on the dangerous…
Star by Tosin Gbogi
I pick my voice from a pristine stream Echoes of truth chase me every which way I go I carry arabesque of songs On my palms I clap to the ears of a swollen earth I am a journey man I use my art to navigate the world … am…
I Heard Love Was Blind by Opeyemi Odeyale
They said love was blind I heard what they said I have been hearing it since I was little They said love was blind And love conquers all That love sees no fault And would always find a way I heard love begets love That all’s fair in love And that…
Sound of Silence
I hear him ranting Cursing it seems to him Ranting is it to me I do not speak To do, would break my monopoly I’m smug in my intelligence As unforgiving as his curses Merciless and unyielding His shouts and my silence Like the will of two gods He is harsh Am I? My…
Dis-ember
(this has previously been posted on the blog. It's another christmas season, let's enjoy it.) Dis-ember; I love sing the seven days of Christmas merry with friends and families. Dis-ember; I know the gain of laborious days toiled. Dis-ember; I see cocoons turn into butterflies spread wings, rise to decorate the sky noticed the…