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When they spoke about us they said it in condescending terms. We were the destined failed generation. Behind my desk in my well ironed ajebota...
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Weekly_Poetry_Write Part -2     POINT OF VIEW: Portrays that, till date Africans gentle persons were in the stage of immaturity, naiveness and in cultural...
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  Hi there, this is Writaholic spilling one of her many thoughts and today is about Fake vs Real.    I read a lot of...
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Omobola Oh how beautiful you are, Like the beautiful sunrise, a perfect handiwork of the creator, The calmness of your face has successfully made people...
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On September 10, 2020 the world marked The World Suicide Prevention Day(WSDP), with events and programs targeted to help prevent suicide through collective effort.  This...
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  Streams are loosing their fountainsNot one is worriedOur culture is in comaIt is local Isn’t it…? Hmm. Trees are loosing their leafsNot one is...
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You are sauntering home from work. Fatigued, battling with a banging headache and definitely hungry. You are counting the minutes until your mouth devour whatever...
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Be the BEACH BEACH Oh how I dream to be at the beachTo feel the waves around me To swim in its gloriousnessTo bask in...
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As writers, we are sometimes faced with the challenge of how to end our stories. Writing could be a well-planned process with an already well-defined...
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Frustration, provocation, degradation and humiliation are what several youths tackle today from their parents and the community. These result from the boys who have taken...
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She called me on phone.A voice from my past.“Daniel i need your help”“How now… been a long time, how may i be of service?” I...
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Who am I without the love from you?Sitting outside waiting for the sky blue. Who am I, I need a heart to love,A heart beckoning...
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Rich and respected. Successfully secure. Independent and very influential. Gifted in looks and aesthetic endowments. This acquaintance who’s substantial abundance. Was procured at the expense...
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The dining table,Assorted with various varieties, Waiting for someone to join us in our quest,Remembering all the good days,Eating alone doesn’t seem quite good,The corona...
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Surveying the room and parlour apartment.   Tucked in densely populated Isale Oja.   Agege.   Once a happy home for his family of 6...
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Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eyeThrough the bazaars, caravans of Egypt passOne could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofsAnd...
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She was calm, my mother—always calm, even when lashing out would have be justified. She was calm when she told Dylan he couldn’t leave the...
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My mind is in a constant disarrayIt’s like a storm is brewing inside me I’m in an utter state of confusionAlmost going maniac Choices, decisionsWhat...
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Interviewer: An interview with Jane. On her love life this is what she has to say. Jane: Me? Fall in love? Never again My heart...
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Differences & similarities. Aunty wa, with the long skirt, should not be embarrassed or feel intimidated with the mockeries calling her anti-fashion or grandma: Her...
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Toothless yet sharp, Biggest yet fast, Blind yet fierce, Largest yet buoyant. As calm as I seem, Still stay afar from the streams, as you...
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Whenever I am in doubt My purpose would come visitingShe would ask, “when last did you tasted meat”?Same moment, my eyes will speakSame moment, my...
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  I am enamored, Can’t get you away from my thought, I fill lovish,With you, my mind is nourished, The attraction, I don’t know,All I...
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“Between 1400 and 1900, the African continent experienced four sizeable slave trade, beginning in the 15th century, slaves were shipped from West Africa, West central...
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The shades of colours showed my personality, These jewelry are only but my accessories. The makeup is to cover up my anxiety, for reproach was...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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Death. It comes like a thief, without warning life, Then snatches away its victims. It causes unimaginable pain, To the relatives of the deceased, causing...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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She is beautiful ! Did I just hear you say I’m beautiful ?? ……………………………………… Behind my smiles there are dead pains seeking for revivalBehind my...
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You can’t call that man a father, I lost my father the day my sister was born. He blamed her for the death of our...
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You came close to me, But you poured out what I emptied in you,You said you love me, But I can’t fathom if its true....
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It was all a night of pain,My inside tearing as you strained,The joy and happiness you brought with your cry,The long doubt and wait you...
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Look at me, what do you see? Anger, Agony, Pain or Devastation? My face seems unappealing, due to the hate and frustration . You think...
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Red signifies love Pain too it might As my feelings were curved I thought it was depression You were so angry at me Always creating...
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Her loud cry filled the whole roomShe’s been in labour for days, today is the fourth moonSuddenly there was a tiny cryIt’s a baby girl,...
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  I called it euphoria,I thought I love this feeling.But all I had was the phobia,Of hurting and not healing. To my emotions,I say destitute.Tried...
Moses Moses

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Here in the North. They were killing people, Not minding what age they are. Because, those who did,  Are disconnected From the zealot of reality, ...
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BASIC ETIQUETTE Be a voice, not an echo Be humble and lower your ego Fight for the weak and be their hero Maintain family bond,...
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The place, I went Today. It was so fun, Pleasure and recreation. And i felt secured. Free, like at home.   The place i went,...
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Like a hunter looking out for a game, we are expecting Festus arrival , hoping the worst will be minimal. Anwuli’s father came, he was...
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When angels visit human, there will always be a significant sign. The flashing lights, the brightness all over the place, as our dear Nollywood has...
OLa Jeremiah

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  So, if you’ve been my friend on any of my social media platforms for long, you might have noticed how I have drastically reduced(or...
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    It was not the first time, Someone she trusted hurts her, Vowed there would not be a second time, So she guarded her...
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This is about a girl,A young girl,Who felt life had nothing to offer.A girl, who felt life Wasn’t worth living.She did try, she triedBut fell...
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Rejoice with me, Trip the light fantastic To the drum of festivity And move your body in serenity   For I have axed out my...
Aboderin Lekan

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In search of a good name, I went through a lot of pain,Just to meet up with fame, I walked a road not plain. Sleepless...
Inioluwa Wuraola

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Once upon a time,I had it all.My life was perfect I had youAnd that was all I neededYou were my sunshine, The star that guides...
Julianah Oluwatofunmi

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Arewa!!! A peacock in human form  She’s got a skin as soft as cotton  With coilly hair that keeps stunning  Arewa!!! A special flower in...
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MY FIRST TIME By Muib Shefiu I heard my heartbeat reverberated in my ear. A vibration that moved to and fro from my heart to...
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Happy Monday People😍Its the beggining of a beautiful week again😌Own it!Enjoy it!Relish it!Be it!Stay Safe🤗Stay Jiggy😉 ************************************************Wassup!!Wassup!!My beautiful people😍😍😍 If by chance you are just...
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Do you feel unfulfilled in your life, stuck in a career you don’t like, going to work at some mundane job, trying to earn a...
Chioma Ogunka

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To everyone currently struggling with one form of addiction or the other and want to come out of it but don’t know how to, THIS...
Chioma Ogunka

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If only you knew that other people’s opinion does not determine your potentials. If only you knew that the naysayers on your path cannot stop...
Chioma Ogunka

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Aug 14  -  1 min read

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder,Can anyone try to take away the beauty without getting burnt,A long line queues,Nakedness doesn’t seem to faze...
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DO BEANS HAVE WINGS? I was eating breakfast one morning, a bizarre mix of beans and baked potato goulash with no assortment, just the way...
Izustix

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  For You, the one who can no-longer see me.(Aka love in the time of ghosts) But I talked about the groceriesAnd you said we...
Moses Moses

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Aug 14  -  1 min read

  Can over lovers comeWith us to heaven? We would kiss our way intoThe holy of holies and watchThe angels chirp the beautiful hallelujah,Hiting their...
Precious Adetunji

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Hi there! I choose to call myself a Writaholic because I have a gazillion thoughts running through my head and I always have to put...
Mmesoma Lawrence

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  My pen is afraid To spell out your namesBecause you share names with our leaders And knowing that hate speech is real. Lady justiceWhy...
Anonymous

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Aug 13  -  1 min read

Whut?! Wait, what?! I am actually all these. Wow wow wow, fantabulous! Today makes it two hundred and ten days since I’ve been at home...
Raji Ganiyat

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Bamused of searching for pearch,Where there is no despondency,To find saint in living.The more i search,The more bootless i found. My heart became lonely,Depression follows...
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Bamused of searching for pearch,Where there is no despondency,To find saint in living.The more i search,The more bootless i found. My heart became lonely,Depression follows...
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Charmingly charismatic.Scavenger and snarer.Flatterer with practised finesse.Destroyer of homes.Lord of broken hearts.Master of the delicate arts of seduction.He lived on easy streets.Paid no bills.Unless it...
Daniel Ibanga

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Theirs had been a home of laughter and love.Tender trust and cozy contentment.Till tragedy struck.In the form of a Ponzi scheme induced heart attack.Incapacitating the...
Daniel Ibanga

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Yo people😄Mo tun ti de.I come in the glow of the beautiful monday,To give you the flow of my beautiful weekend🌹. It’s monday 😉How did...
Makanjuola Oluwajubeelo

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Aug 10  -  5 min read

Is this truly the way to live?Death seems to be a better option, Various opinions waft through my mind,Trying to find my bearings. Everywhere is...
Zainab Oladipupo

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😔The Genesis of the Covid-19 pandemic started out as a brutal attack on human lives and our definition of normality as it were. The present...
Melody Tobi-Makinde

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Aug 10  -  6 min read

The Pen When the jaunt fail, what sea Should I sail?The pen a rescuing tent.Even when reality fails, the rescuing tent oblige.Reality gives no way...
Ayomi Ayomi

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On the 8th day of dis-gust in the year ’14,It was an innocent afternoon, Interrupted by one idle moment. I can still hear it, even...
Akintunde Abiola

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News of tears… Sidi treks hastily on the narrow pathway that lies on the road virtually towards the stream and the stall for making cassava...
Faruq Shitta

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  I’ve heard of the beautiful storyOf Ruth abókokú;whose love was never endingSuch is my endless love for You. I’ve heard of that of the...
Anonymous

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Aug 6  -  1 min read

She would not cry out because it made her feel weak. Why wouldn’t she accept what the society has termed her? Weak, submissive emotional and...
Damilola Aruna-Ogun

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‘…..as I invite on stage, the Author of the award winning Novel, in person of ….’ his voice trailed off amidst the loud hooooos.I approached...
Asiat Jimoh

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Don’t ever believe the saying that lowlifes are shameless. It is this thing, this thing around our neck that strangles our pride. Mama brings the...
Asiat Jimoh

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Aug 4  -  5 min read

  Can’t you call it sacrifice?When the world came with trail’sTaking your houses, cars almost taking your kids lives. Lo…your heart you foundSadly married to...
Anonymous

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I roll to and fro the wall. It’s the 21st day of lockdown but my body can’t just get used to the wake-eat-sleep routine. I...
Asiat Jimoh

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Maybe tommorow things will be betterMaybe tommorow my laughter will echo louderMaybe tommorow I will realize how much more I need to loveMaybe tommorow my...
Tammy Jay

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Hola! It’s been a whileI’m not sure I’m the same optimistic girl who used to write and rant here.Things have changed. I have changed.And something...
A A

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  We sweat profuselyAs hot sun burned our skinMoving vehicles, splashed mud on usWe were beaten by the heavy downpour. To the world we appeared...
Anonymous

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BY MissRhodlineI watch as Bukky cry sadly, I stood beside her comforting her, she just lost her father. And the irony is that my father...
Rhoda Adewunmi

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Jul 29  -  7 min read

  How I tried hard fighting negative thoughts as a die-hard pessimist.   At the stage when I started discovering myself and sincerely admitting those...
Abigail Olusegun

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Jul 28  -  2 min read

  **********Our LandOur PeopleWho will save usWho will rise up Save us from ourselvesStreets stained with greedWe breach our integrityJust for self gain We steal...
Anonymous

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Jul 28  -  1 min read

It’s not everything the mouth will say, Cos sometimes, Some words aren’t meant to be spoken. For a long time, They’ve been giving what belonged...
Akintunde Abiola

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Jul 28  -  1 min read

I can hear hearts crying Not in the jungle,I can see stars die in our bosomThey plead for life. Maybe we flew off track At...
Anonymous

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Jul 27  -  1 min read

  Mirror is the reflection of the soul,Can you truly see what is on the other side?Reflection is a necessary evil,A necessary evil indeed it...
Zainab Oladipupo

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Evening in my village is not without birds. You could see them flocking together in an orderly fashion in the sky, as though they had...
Kawthar Adeyemo

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Love for a brother I have a dream,Whereby we would be surrounded by nature,Just you and me,A safe place from the world,Trees, water surrounds us,Just...
Zainab Oladipupo

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The Rain.  Humanity is blessed with a complete work of art.An exciting and fascinating splash of beauty it is,That explains the “HE” smiling with His...
Tolulope Quadri

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    “You are not good enough, you are 20 with nothing to show for it, see your mates making waves. Just cover your face...
Amaka

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Knock knock, it’s you again, I recognise this time you don’t I? You look way more beautiful under a different skin but I would be...
Anonymous

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Ahah Here I go again Trying to write my problems awayt They’retechnically not “problems” Because I’m a teen. What do I have to worry about? ...
Oluwatofunmi Ebun

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Dear Nuel,I told my dad about you today and I felt the butterflies in my stomach revisit. I told him how your lips curl up...
Tammy Jay

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Hi everyone I am feranmi by name and I want to share an important lesson with all of you reading this I know Nigeria has...
Feranmi

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DOGUNDE How about we say the truth?The shrine is empty.Neither Iyaloja nor the midwivesNor the women to sing her victoryWhen the baby is deliveredOur eyes...
David Samuel

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😔 In the midst of chaos.An unending madness,Is the status quo.With no chance of change in sight. The days fly by.While courage; in her gloriousness-Sharpens...
Melody Tobi-Makinde

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Misfortune. Festus sat at the second row of the bus going to Lagos from Enugu. The thought of how life has been to him clouded...
OLa Jeremiah

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Kunle appeared to have spaced out as the emergency meeting prepared to commence. Only his friend, Richard, who was also a member of the board...
Priscilla Oyinola

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“The gift of goodbye!“, sounds weird right? Don’t worry you will get to understand more as we move. Stay tuned Sometimes the best thing that...
Chioma Ogunka

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Sucked into a wormhole, jumbling and tumbling,she arrived across worlds and in between.It took as long as a dream was short, though it really wasn’t...
Priscilla Oyinola

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      On and on and on the world goes. The hustling here and the bustling there. Little Tinu is wailing at the top...
Anonymous

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I’m in coma Cos… I lost the first battle to lazinessforgive me thoughts. Hungry, i was no cakeThirsty, I was no waterWilling, I was no...
Anonymous

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Maybe she was being a little too severe but she didn’t see a way around it.They all expected her to look the other way every...
Priscilla Oyinola

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Cyber bullying is the act of using technology to threaten, scare, embarrass or target another person or a group of people. Cyberbullying has been reported in at...
Gimbiya Galadima

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Funny how fast  the little ones grow, Years pass like flies in the meadow, Yet it feels so slow,  Down the hour glass and through...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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Memories swim down lines When our walls was stollen.They came not to draw battle linesThey cheated our strength with dangerous weapon.Locust and worms our foodPressure...
Anonymous

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Like night wakes to see The moon and starsSo I’ll want to have you as my beautyI feel just like a queen for not pushing...
Anonymous

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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart. -Haruki Murakami   Memories are like camera sounds;Click, click, it goes on...
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Nature, you are sinking in vivid colours All colours which you have made more beautiful Who painted you? Which artist made you? Who gave you...
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I tried to look backI see darknessI wish to see lightOnly darkness follow me I heard a voiceA voice from far awayPiercing my earsSomeone murmuring...
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Experience they say is the best teacher; however, I see it as a painful teacher. Little did I know what it really meant to be...
Blessing Inavwhe

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  Life, you gave me shapeYou gave me soulYou teach me the worldYou teach me to live Life, you mould meWithout you feel like formless...
Shinla Babu

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EPISODE 2 I obviously didn’t recollect what happened after I fainted, I woke up to hearing wails, people had gathered at the balcony, extended family...
Folashade Roberts

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Make a left turn”,I said to the driver while flipping through the pages of Tell Magazine. It’s a cold Friday and daammn! I’m behind the...
Zainab Rufai

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Chaotic family system and adulterated education, I believe are the major roots of the trunks many a Nigerian child emerges from. Some are utterly unfortunate...
Oladeji Popoola

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The trend of varieties of the dietary pattern is prevailing throughout the human race(s) with either with a different mindset or same objective. Human follows...
AbdulLateef Badmus

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Integrity is an important value as it is a reflection of who you are, and what you are going to be in the nearest future....
AbdulLateef Badmus

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My heart roared like an hungry lionIn haste for prey to feed my roaring heartBut tedious to captureThe Lion and the Jewel departed for nine...
Abdulkabir Abiodun

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Run away from boring lectures Run away from daily school bellsRun away from closed giant school gatesBunking the class!!! Like to go on mountain topLike...
Shinla Babu

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Life is sure full of ups and downs but don’t easily give up during those challenging times.. The storms of life can be overwhelming but...
Winner Ogogo

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A friend is someone You turn toA friend is someone Who encourages you!A friend is someoneWho stands by you!A friend is someone Who loves you!A...
Akibu Abdulafees

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Okeke is a well known farmer in the forest zone of the Nigerian geographical zones in the 15th century. The forest zone is under four...
Yusuf Oyeyiola

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  Attending Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure was a privilege for me. OGSA being one of the Best Four government-owned secondary schools in Akure, the capital...
Oluwatoba Adedayo

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The things you’ve loved, Becoming things you hate. Your possessions, you took away Leaving us in cynical Jeopardy  Come back home The father calls.  ...
Anonymous

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Penned by: Adeyi Soffiullahi Olamide (LEGACY) It has a different meaning With a distinct yearning It might be a hunger for wealth Or a hunger...
Adeyi Olamide

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“Dates I don’t know again My room is dirty and stainedYeah! I'll receive the blame Hey!!! Look, they only take the gainOur leaders should be...
Victor Emmanuel

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I come from a place where a woman’s vagina is cut and sewn before she bleeds for the first time. Her legs are tied for...
Omotola Oladini

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We have run a thousand miles Still, our feet itch to go further We have shed a hundred cries Still, eagerness rips the throat asunder...
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             ALIVE!Takka takka takka!Bratatat…tat!!Boom…!!!I jerked up from my bed truncating my ‘one-eyed-closed’ sleep. Rubbing my eyes, I realized that they...
Anonymous

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Just then I traveled in my form Rend my garment As I die in ecstasy I hide myself in pool of shameNow living her, wobbling...
Victor Emmanuel

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Standing on the hill of Kilimanjaro,Enduring hardship for centuries,Forcefully uprooted from Savannah,And crying for the moribund race. Remembering the bootless slavery,Discourteously displaced and separated from...
Abdulkabir Abiodun

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The only person in the world that could bring down Annie from the edge of that rooftop was lying in a mortuary cooler just a...
David Samuel

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Captain Barbossa was stranded in a shoot out. The Black Pearl entangled in the devil’s anus with the flying Dutchman. It was probably the most...
David Samuel

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Weird thoughts in my mind lately Product of drugs plus the loss of love,baby Look at what this city made me, or maybe, its my...
Ayo Temi

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Love is the flower you made bloom At the sight of you, I felt butterflies I never knew. You are my light in this tunnel...
Michael Ordia

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*CLOUDED DAWN* Hey there! A little introduction, huh?I am that girl from the streets;Streets lined with houses of woesWoes of misery resulting from afflictionAfflictions trod...
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Of white roses and their rarity:The childlikeness of alleged innocence they exude.Of the feel, so pure and radiant: Couple with promisesResonating with depth. Of trust...
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  When are we going to talk about men and the sacrifices they make? How they toil daily to provide the basics that make life...
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  No one is as excited as Solape with the news of 19B Stream 1 Corps Members Passing Out Parade(more like Certificate Collection). She received...
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Most reasons why we learn to lie is because of our parents, they have this mentality that whipping their children has a way of chasing...
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The beautiful pieces Sings in her heart all day She’d love to listen to it againAs she is left with questions and prayers For her...
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  Let him who would moveThe world first move Himself.For what lies behind us andWhat lies ahead of us are tiny matters Compared to what...
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How can you mix “Oguro” and “burukutu”Without calling Jesus a devil?,For they’ve supposed me madSeeing me Dance around your shadows. Too dumb they’re to see,I’ve...
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Five years old, that was the age Akum was when we lost our dad and when I was born. Mom never failed to mention to...
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Just Like This Fiercely acquiescent- I am.You tell me to stop,I think not twice,I simply do it. You tell me to not talk to you,I...
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Arose me in the early morn,Sitting under a blossom flower,Thinking about my black race with penchant,And the inspiring sounds of the birds,Easing my thoughts. Africa,...
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We ought to charge you double,For your beauty andMaking us fall in love. There’s a feeling cryingOn the deepest face of ourHeartThat the eyes of...
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He did it again, pounced on me like the lion that he is. I sometimes tarry in the kitchen for as long as I can...
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   They both stagger into the room; he, chanting the lyrics of afowómutí, and she, slurring incoherent words. I curl up in my corner, and...
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*LEAH: Celebrate Her!* Celebrate Her!Celebrate the courageous lioness, Leah is her name! Once in Nigeria, there was Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping in 2018. Celebrate Her!Celebrate the...
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What if God was a man, like mortal beings He would be a man feared by kings He would awe the world by doing unspeakable...
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Monday. We agreed on Monday the 26th. Three of us had planned to torture the filthy animal. We wore our darkest clothes that day, just...
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Looking across the empty street from her window, she could not help but reminisce. She saw in her mind’s eye as the street came to...
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A lot of people have died during this period. I do not know why they died. They are all God-fearing people. From the little information...
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I Am A Slave. Body, Soul and Emotions. The pains brought back memories, Ticking so well in wide motions. The splash of the deaf waters,...
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I see the problem with Africa is first and foremost how we respect the dollar above our own.A man is rich in his homeland but...
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I’ve been loving thee since immemorialWhen love itself was unthought to be born.  And for six ugly yearsI’ve been stuck in the prefaceOf yours.  Even...
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The peace that comes with ignorance. The innocence in an honest mistake. The kindness at the root of unintentional hurt. The genuineness in an effortless...
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The promise of the Father,The fullness of the Godhead,That carries me into God further,To the home beyond the heavens. Fellowship without measure,Worship of incomparable pleasure,Your...
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News flash:  For hours, Arewa trends on Twitter, flaunt wealths _____________________________  Up in the North   Up in the North       is the land so vast...
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*MR. RAPE, Why? Rape, rape, rape, rape!Why rape, rape, rape, rape!Why, why, why, why?MR. RAPE, why?Why? why?Why? MR. RAPE, RAPE, why? why? why?MR. RAPE, RAPE,...
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I remembered  a boy in my class named “Anu”, The dude as I could  remember  was a deviant  he didn’t  believe  in what most people ...
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‘Cos I love Tell-ing stories, here’s a tale: A mother was driving downwith her little boy at the back seaton the streets of town XYZthe...
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Dearest chair You have a special place in my heartYou have seen me at my lowestAnd also shared in my best momentYou have been present...
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  She’s so silent! Does she even talk? I wonder why she never says anything in class. These and many more were the words I...

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We have always heard stories of sexual abuse and violence of all sorts. People come up with agitations for punishments for the perpetrators and justice...

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There’s a Serial rapist in my town who claims over 50 victims every year by infiltrating people’s houses. The fact that no one believes them,...
Anonymous

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  THE MENTOR I REJECTEDSuch a kind an benevolent he is,He gives me counsel that my itching ears linger to hear,“Why don’t you do it...
Borkuu

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  I’m in a world where the map of Love couldn’t locate my feelings, “One would think it’s sanityMaking grasses my close Ally,But they grow...
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   “Ola! Ola! Ola!”,someone called out to him. He looked back and saw that it was his recent crush. As she walked up to him,he...
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It is good the way we are training our girls to be cautious,dress well,and training the girl child well,But what about the boy child?What about...
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The innocent souls splintered at war zones,and promises that were neverfulfilled like sodded destinies. The bosom friends that journeyed to the shore of afterlife before...
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It’s the way the images won’t leave me alone, the words people say are like an endless cyclone,They all remind me of then,The painful memories...
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It’s been three years now since “the apocalypse” as Túnmikẹ would say, and a lot of things have truly changed. In fact, Sade would often...
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This story is in sequence with other stories I have posted on Tell’s 31day Writing Challenge. You might want to read the previous stories for...
Ayomikun Adebayo

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“When are you coming home?” was what my parents started every call with. Schools had been closed down due to COVID-19 and students in the...
Khadeejah Kolapo

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  I seek the truth That pierces the darkest heart, I seek the devotion I surrendered in your stead, I have known the virtue That...
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“Do you need anything else?” Túnmikẹ asked. “No, I’m good,” Sade replied. “Thanks, for everything.” Túnmikẹ smiled. “You’d do the same for me too.” She...
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On the sea,Canoes dance without resistanceFela’s rhythm wraps itself with the gentle breeze The waves, curling over, and falling as it reaches the shoreAtmospheric glow...
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A state of tranquility, of freedom from worry and anxiety is what peace of mind entails. Having peace of mind doesn’t mean all is right...
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  Peace unexplainable guiding my heartThe state of complete rest filling the soul With some splash of confidence and beauty over my body. Oh! How...
Tolulope Quadri

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To hear her was to marvel at the God that made her. And her smile? You were hurled off your feet by the ease with...
Karolos

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May 29  -  1 min read

“You might not know me,” Aunt Rose said, her gaze fixed on the doctor. “But I know you well enough.” She said. “You were the...
B'kunmi

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    I’m notThe perfect son. You are notThe perfect mother. Our flaws, They are beautiful. It is the love That binds us....
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May 29  -  1 min read

Give and Take The “give and take” phrase sounds unpleasing to normal human ears — things really shouldn’t be so, life’s not all about it. But...
Shamsudeen Jimoh

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Who is a mother? I know little about that, but I can tell you that giving birth to a child isn’t what makes one a...
Folaji Odedeji

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Financial Intelligence Incipient days of cribs and diapersTada, da da, chasing mother hensTottering and reeling with football passTotally oblivious to financial intelligence Time flies, toddlers...
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“But how?!”, I thought exasperatedly. It was one of those days classes were extremely stressful and I felt what I needed was sugar. I did...
Khadeejah Kolapo

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Money is power. Terry was reading his first self-help book on financial freedom and so far he wasn’t impressed. He wasn’t disappointed either; just indifferent....
Karolos

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On their arrival to the apartment the following morning, Túnmikẹ́ could not help but notice how foreign the apartment looked to her – even though...
B'kunmi

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Now I stand,Looking down at our new desert land once filled with life.I once wanted this. Oh no don’t get me wrong The serenity I...
Makanjuola Oluwajubeelo