Three poems
3 Poems by Babatunde-olotu Olúwatosin
In this chaos called my body Grief is the mother of all voyages – Romeo Oriogun I hang my head in a cloud of nostalgia. often, i find myself attempting to pull thin lines ofInjurious memories from my head the way one would pull strands of hair hiding in a bowl of rice…
3 Poems by Jeremy Karn
There Are More / No Beautiful Things Than Chantal(After reading: 1st John 4:18) I On the other hand / you were like the traffic / signs that keep / warning us about the swinging kitchen door a boy spelled the name / Chantal wrongly on / his…
3 Poems by Jolaade Dipe
bonfire tonight, we are gods re-entering the realm of moans/our breaths hitched/ your fingers savouring redemption beneath me/ i moan in blues/ All time low is breaking the speakers/ you turn my body into a home searching for refuge/your lips sucking my demons out/ i am made of fireworks/ i glow as you thrust/i shriek…
3 Poems by Pamilerin Jacob
Nameless my soul is corroded / ache sewn into chest like a badge / I reach out to god with a middle finger / want to chisel the moon with teeth / bite into the only light / I know / I do not know how to name / the fire in my chest but…
3 Poems by Efe Ogufere
A BEAUTIFUL MIND first womanplants a flag in my heart, colonizes it. sows a seed in my soul & steals it.there are not enough fruits in edento banish me from her bosom,tear me from her thighs, shield me from the liesbut first woman who plants a seed in my soul,saves it. my body bends to…
3 Poems by Temidayo Opeyemi Jacob
Let God Use You Service on Sunday comes with a preacheron a blazing blazer & whatever beautifies—from the wardrobes of the congregants. “Our God works in mysterious ways.He uses filled men to fill empty men.Deuteronomy 16:17 says,‘every man shall give as he is able,according to the blessingof the LORD your Godwhich He has given you’.So,…
3 Poems by Akinwale Peace Akindayo
Absence is knowing that the Atlantic Ocean has departedthe planet. TheAtlantic is blank on themap shrouded on a piece ofginger paper andonly nothing can fill its space.the earth, your heart is falling into itself crumb ling like fossils What do you call falling,Dripping, shedding, grieving, prayers?Call them prayers. Your griefscrumbleinto a word of prayer in…
3 Poems by Joseph Akinnawonu
Grief in your room,the haemorrhage puts you to your knees you bleed for all the things that will never return:your virginity, your sanity – the ones your uncle erased.your phone blinksit’s your mother calling for the umpteenth time you know all her apologies by their names but no convenience to hide your tear dropsyou lie…
3 Poems by Christtie Jay
YOU KNOW A MAN WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT BY HOW OFTEN HE APOLOGISES I want no boxing lover my sister loves to hum I love you is the run(a)way code for girls on my street before Nicole’s death she always said a declaration precedes a request I do not have the time for questions …
3 Poems by Naa Dedei Botchwey
I don’t want to be that woman She has a life, but none her ownShe lives a wife, and yet aloneShe has her wants, but none she getsAnd her needs, has not one yetShe lives to pleaseThe man with whom she sleepsShe wakes up coldAnd weeps out the untoldIt’s filled with liesThe bed where she liesIt’s…