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This is an appreciation poem,My way of saying thank you.Thank you for being here,For walking through the dark days that stole your light.Thank you for...
Michael Ordia

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Sep 21  -  1 min read

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And a poetry I compose for you. Elegant and soothing to my perturbed nerves. And your gracious imagery I hold dearly In my brain stuffed...
Gloria Joseph

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Jul 27  -  1 min read

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If the eye can see the heart that bleed,Our talk be less and Cry be more,That what we see so gruesome ends,And we may sleep...
Nathanael Haert

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Jul 26  -  1 min read

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I’m not strong enough to frown anymore, I’m not interested in even finding that strength, not when my face looks like an wrinkled sculpture, but…...
Lawrence Abiaobo

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Jul 17  -  1 min read

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As the day wears offAnd brightness dimsThe afternoon slowly fadesAnd the sun journeys onTo provide light to other realms Dusk settles and night approachesThe night...
Imabong Faminu

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Jul 16  -  1 min read

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  No matter how you try, There are people to make you cry People who knot your heart into a tie And stain your soul...
Gloria Joseph

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Jul 14  -  1 min read

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As I weep on my bed, I feel the devil carress my head “Hush Child! Use your eye shield . There’s more from where that...
Gloria Joseph

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Jul 13  -  1 min read

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Leisure Games Sports Fun Exciting Enjoyable Friends Comrades Colleagues Workers Boring Stressful Tedious Office Files Work...
Michael Forever

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Jul 9  -  1 min read

Death  Sweet scary  Interesting sorting evicting exiting  Claws, paws drug life  Shaping taming cuddling welcoming  Assertive strong  Life   ...
Anonymous

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Jul 9  -  1 min read

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Money! Important Real. Luxuriating Lubricating Liberating  Charity Stocks Origami Planes Printing Planning Pledging Blank Fragile.. Paper...
Austine Oketch

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Jul 8  -  1 min read

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              LOVE ME BY PRINCESS.E. AKENZUA   They literally engage themselves,             They push their partner into marriage,             Their partner sees them as...
Princess Akenzua

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Jul 6  -  1 min read

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                                        HUSTLE BY PRINCESS.E. AKENZUA           They sit there, convinced,                 They don’t think about their future,                 They are okay being the tail,                ...
Princess Akenzua

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Jul 4  -  1 min read

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  She walks down the streetLips painted red, thighs jiggling Nails on fleek, tanned skinYou call her ashawo, ashawo Anklets wrapped smugly round her legs...
Joy Ozoko

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Jun 29  -  1 min read

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My worriesMy fearsClouded by the thoughts of tomorrowStill wondering what the future might unfoldMy sorroundingMy spaceLiving in the fear of the unknownTrying to utilize my...
Anonymous

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Jun 22  -  1 min read

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And to think that he loved me,Boy was I so wrong,Choosing himself over and over again,Did I not see that coming?Even when everything was so...
PJ

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Jun 17  -  1 min read

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A long time ago Before time came into view Centuries before civilization Decades and milenias it was Earth witnessed the sweat of their struggle Fate...
Oluwamayowa

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Jun 17  -  1 min read

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Abandoned child,swerving in lost misery Build your walls and rip the shame Callous men have ripped your pride Devouring every sense of purpose Endangering every...
Patricia Eleanyauyo

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Jun 16  -  1 min read

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A city of exploit, want, power drunkiness and dysfunctionalism.Built on the foundation of inequality and uncertainties in all areas.Commissioned by privileged self centered individuals.Drunk and...
Joy Sule

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Jun 16  -  1 min read

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Africa was born in me Be luck, Curse or Death; Energy, Faith and hope will Give me strength.     Have I ever been Jealous,...
Aymar Audry

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Jun 16  -  1 min read

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Across the board…Being in the present, being in the NowContinues to be the antidote to chaosDelegated from among other practices Experienced and expressed by manyFar...
Austine Oketch

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Jun 16  -  1 min read

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    PEACE, BE STILL.An atmosphere where there is an unsafe euphoria, fear has gripped in, no one to turn to apart from Him.All you...
Joy Sule

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Jun 16  -  1 min read

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We failed with our plans, We ashamed our clans, We destroyed our plans, But evil works gains.   We ignored advices, We ruined promises, We ...
Aymar Audry

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Jun 14  -  1 min read

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Fault finds itself on others, never our own shoulders  Redirecting blame, further tangling the chains that hold us Ever wondered that maybe we are tackling...
Austine Oketch

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Jun 14  -  1 min read

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Within the shadows she stood,Tears like crystals hit the floor where she stood. So innocent was she but yet so misunderstood,Her silence speaking so loudly...
Shedrack Emmanuel

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Jun 14  -  1 min read

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Like a flower we blossom Like a flower we will, with bright colors and crooked branches yet we know that the beauty shall fade. What...
Patricia Eleanyauyo

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Jun 11  -  1 min read

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A car ride and journeyA stop at a major roundaboutA typical weekday morningIn Lagos, southwest Nigeria A cacophony of sounds and motionA sudden unnerving assault...
Imabong Faminu

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Jun 9  -  1 min read

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Not that you would care but Hello my name is Mikson I’m like you  A human with a brain trying to be better than the...
Moffat Daka

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Jun 9  -  2 min read

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A stench fills the landOf the green white and greenThe lush Greenland has taken on an ashen blackAnd streaks of red mar the whiteBlood calleth...
Imabong Faminu

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Jun 7  -  1 min read

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  Like life happens to everyone, it has, to youYou’ve had days you soaked your pillow with tears,and cried till your throat hurt.You once wished...
Emmanuella Oluwafemi

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May 27  -  1 min read

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*Hands in air* We all have a list of things we would do and wouldn’t do of we could tune the hands of timecause who...
Jocelyn Oke

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May 25  -  1 min read

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  Like the children of this town whowake up to see the moon scurryingin the sky to avoid being stained with blood. Children whose eyes...
Ismail Daud

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May 22  -  1 min read

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Dear Julius, Life is a book, quite non-fictionThe story of one’s beingWritten in chapters of years And pages of days Two things I’m yet to...
AKANIMOH AKANIMOH

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May 21  -  1 min read

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CITADEL. Out of the reds, I will again spare youthe cleanest side of mine.For you to see, Vareehan… It’s your peace I pine this morning...
©️ Indianooh

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May 18  -  1 min read

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The solution to some people’s problem is not the sweet words that make up your sympathetic sentences. The solution to some people’s problem is not...
Oladeji Popoola

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May 16  -  1 min read

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There I was… In front of the court, With my head high… In the witness box, On my left was death and my right freedom,...
Scott Tammy

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May 16  -  1 min read

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That our fore-fathers and mothers have taken the fight against slavery and political injustice to the level where we do not have to worry about another intervention...
Arafat

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May 16  -  1 min read

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That our fore-fathers and mothers have taken the fight against slavery and political injustice to the level where we do not have to worry about another intervention...
Arafat

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May 16  -  1 min read

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At the top of Nature There I was Mesmerized by the beauty it’s exuded Rugged yet calm, I couldn’t get enough of it’s fill, I...
Scott Tammy

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May 14  -  1 min read

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        Overturn   (A dam burst open that can’t be managed).By Tobi-Makinde Melody.   Overtime, I thought you’d change. And come to see...
Melody Tobi-Makinde

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May 8  -  1 min read

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Healing is hard One day you’re lively and fine The next day  You hurt till you cry   You just need to keep trying And...
Lewis Wamwanda

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May 4  -  1 min read

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Rolling from one side of the bed to another,As the sensation travels several distances from the source.A quick time of relief comes,Just before another round...
Abiola Ojo

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Apr 27  -  1 min read

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Calmness from within spoke to me, Turmoil from the outside shook me still, My body’s torn to retreat and seep strength from it’s calmness, But...
Scott Tammy

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Apr 20  -  1 min read

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FIRECalm she was, like the seas, running through the valleys,The quiet, peaceful oneHer skin bruised several times, stepped and spat on What could she do?!Soft...
Grace Odukoya

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Apr 13  -  1 min read

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The Pilgrim stone of a nine moons May boomerang if thrown at ourAngelic Wishes,As thou can scold the sweet timing Of Time that was counted,...
Akintunde Abiola

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Apr 11  -  1 min read

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How sad a thing to be strong;To carry your problems on your shoulders and have room for more. How sad a thing to have strength;To...
Michael Ordia

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Apr 10  -  1 min read

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He offered me a tree… yet he took away the leaves, On a platter he gave me love, but robbed me off peace, When light...
Scott Tammy

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Mar 27  -  1 min read

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we have seen these streets before, these memories left with us. they said you loved us, and like water, you yearn to see us run...
Adeami Oluwatoba

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Mar 11  -  1 min read

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WOMANBirth from the soil of the iroko treeHer hips as round as the earrings of the yemoja goddessThe dip of her hips holding her baby...
Grace Odukoya

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Mar 7  -  1 min read

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The Eagle with it’s monstrous, noxious and evil clawsThose claws like the mouth of Rake, takes away the dream,The future of the mother Hen The...
Sharafadeen Muhsinah

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Mar 4  -  1 min read

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It’s that part of the session when the air is filled with tension. When students toil day and night to make mama proud. When midnight...
Henry Okeke

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Feb 25  -  1 min read

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I know you’re a man after God’s heart  But still in a dilemma if you’re after my heart  You once mentioned love to me But...
Winner Ogogo

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Feb 13  -  1 min read

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  Men in uniforms. Posing with guns like dragons ready to spit fire.Black for brutalityBlue for “friendship”. DPO with a belly like my mother’s pot.Frowning...
Oyesola

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Feb 11  -  1 min read

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Poor Planks Planks can only be too strong,Fit flat woods strong enough to hold up the rats on heist every night and at morn’ when...
Miracle Elvis

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Feb 10  -  1 min read

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There in her anguish. The love immersed in her heart has been relinquished. This genre of love was gibberish, and her beauty began to tarnish. ...
Oyesola

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Feb 7  -  1 min read

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  Considered unworthy to be embraced,Thought unfit to be loved,Although she bore her, She doesn’t want to touch her,Not even with a barge pole,In her...
Thompson Emate

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Jan 4  -  1 min read

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  A member of a large household,A part of a school of siblings,Born by an incapacitated father,And a struggling striving mother,She was raised to know...
Thompson Emate

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Jan 4  -  1 min read

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A new page has been openedEmpty pages waiting to be filled with ink.New rooms with new doors.It’s a new dawnNew opportunities to right the wrongAdorn...
Antisocial. Words

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Jan 3  -  1 min read

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A new page has been openedEmpty pages waiting to be filled with ink.New rooms with new doors.It’s a new dawnNew opportunities to right the wrongAdorn...
Antisocial. Words

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Jan 3  -  1 min read

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His smiles betrays the words he tries to hidesAnd his dilated eyes tells it all. How can I confess this new found love, when I’m...
Gift Agwaze

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Jan 3  -  1 min read

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From the mane to the fameI love reading the blogsThey say I’m too quietIt’s just a matter of the noiseJust that I am not your...
Olanrewaju Oyedijo

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Dec 28  -  1 min read

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He was reminded that there’s a shortage in the supply of digging tools;So, he stayed (KÒSÓKÓ)He was asked to stay and enjoy Life;So, he beseeched...
Olanrewaju Oyedijo

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Dec 19  -  1 min read

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  Hey, it’s new! Not just the morning and day, The new year is here. I peeped at the long path of its twelve feetOh,...
Precious Oyeniyi

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Dec 6  -  1 min read

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ISOLATION After spending a good part of your life learning how To fly, float and runin the deep blue ocean To fly into the sky...
Faniyi Tomiwa

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Dec 5  -  1 min read

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PORTAL OF ANGELS With my hands liftedI hear the present songFrom the growing shadowsOh! It’s the song of angelsComing from the great cityAn atmosphere filled...
Faniyi Tomiwa

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Dec 5  -  1 min read

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MR. COUNSELOR Everyday, I see thingsThings people doEveryday, I see peoplePeople doing thingsEveryday, I hear thingsThings doing peopleEveryday, I hear from peoplePeople that things are...
Faniyi Tomiwa

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Dec 5  -  1 min read

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MIDNIGHT LETTERS Dear TichalaThe night aren’t warm anymoreThere’s autumn chill outsideI’m all alone here thinking aboutThe days when the sun refuses to shut down darknessAnd...
Faniyi Tomiwa

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Nov 28  -  1 min read

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The chilly breeze makes me shiver Goosebumps follow“Everyone’s going”I look again at the dark sky “There’s nothing left here anymore” The fan blades increases its...
Flourish Okwuasaba

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Nov 26  -  1 min read

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ADÙNNÍ,               the way you sway your hips to the rhythm of the song of fire that emanates from...
Oluwapelumi Odebunmi

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Nov 16  -  1 min read

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“Igúnugún bà l’órùlé, ojú tólé ojú tóko” The bald-headed bird Ugly, alien-looking, as nothing Mainly eats something dead Ugh! Is that not disgusting! “They eat...
Ojo Tumise Emmanuel

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Nov 5  -  1 min read

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There’s beauty in chaos Because love sometimes comes from the hellish of places.. our smiles light up when we think of the good memories Then...
Aernyi Barbara

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Sep 27  -  1 min read

Men have come and walked the shores of this earth They did mighty things but most are not rewarded. The ones we heard and the...
Oladapo 'Wole

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Sep 25  -  1 min read

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    Life is a duration between birth and death,   Life is not perpetual but diminished like smoke,   Life is a mystery that...
Ilufoye Noah

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Aug 29  -  1 min read

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Yesterday, when she kissed me goodbye, she had that look in her eyes again;The one I dread the most just before the other shoe drops“Why...
Lvy Oguye

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Jun 4  -  1 min read

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I am Child!Do not shut me up!Because, I am child.Do not deprive me!Because , I am a child.Do not neglect meBecause , I am Child….....
JAMES JANET

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May 27  -  1 min read

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  “There are days, there are good days and there are bad days that make good days worthy of celebrating”And there is a Mother’s Day...
Noah Aderoju

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May 9  -  1 min read

Where I am matters a lot, Where I belong speaks a lot. My environment, what I need. To help organize my adaptation. My environment should...
Naeemah Kamaldeen

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Apr 30  -  1 min read

Photo credits: Thought catalog on Unsplash I have been taking a creative writing unit this semester  and we were given an assignment to write a...
Jess Mwangi

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Apr 28  -  1 min read

  THE PATH I was lost but i trusted in The Path. I hoped the path would somehow end in the start where i would...
Damilola Aruna-Ogun

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Apr 24  -  2 min read

With no eyes, no ears, no mouth, you grab without warning, you make us sad without a choice, you pick You cause so much pain...
Aernyi Barbara

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Apr 22  -  1 min read

Soon we’ll look at our scars and smile, forgetting the hands that wounded us. soon our flaws will be forgotten because we will accept who...
Aernyi Barbara

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Apr 18  -  1 min read

Lately, I’ve been slipping Slowly but steadily I’m receding Listening to sad songs Relating to the lyrics more that I should All these scenarios and...
Zaizai 😂😂😂

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Apr 15  -  1 min read

It all started from afarI saw you and thought you are the girl of my parI hoped you’ll be smart enough alsobut I wasn’t ready...
Theusan Ibrahim

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Apr 8  -  1 min read

They say, “a stitch in time saves nine” But in this instance, it’s a switch in time. And a switch in time is just fine....
Joseph Steve

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Mar 27  -  1 min read

Abike! Thy native pot rejects the streams of ogundaye.Your flower pot you have hidden well,But the gods have not kept silent towards you. Abike! Your...
Anonymous

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Mar 26  -  1 min read

I can taste your insincerityLight tipped on your tongueFrom your lips to mineI hear your unspoken thoughtsI feel your willful withdrawalWith each breathless pauseYour eyes...
Claire Molen

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Mar 24  -  1 min read

I hear HE is boundless, infiniteThey say if I’ll believe,I will see HIM.If I reach far enough,HE will touch me . I hear HE loves...
Antisocial. Words

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Mar 15  -  1 min read

Kareem Itunu Azeez (solacewrites)   From Slethrin, Down to the plain ego’s of Apapath, Running from brimless raceInto the journeys non sourced for…“Our time will...
Kareem Azeez , Itunu

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Mar 3  -  1 min read

Her sting is poisonous to the soul.Harboring her makes the chest tighten.She turns her dwelling place into food.Slowly eating it up,Till it bleeds. Her gifts...
Omolara Kazeem

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Mar 1  -  1 min read

Abiola;The same thing you didTo my heart, I did to your feet,One thing broken and theOther walked away. All I ever did was try, all...
Akintunde Abiola

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Mar 1  -  1 min read

  What becomes of you When LOVE Goes South?When the one person you are fond of leaves you behindIn pursuit of a life where the...
Henry Okeke

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Feb 20  -  1 min read

He was elusive, He smelled trouble miles away, He was darkness, She was light.   Her head screamed ‘retreat!’ Yet her heart was ready to...
Mayowa Olukayode

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Feb 15  -  1 min read

Assumptions about other thought grasp the mind with soar face Every gaze made always give an ink idea of what others think about you especially...
Sodiq Mustapha

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Jan 27  -  1 min read

The Cemetery is full of unfinished dreams. Loved ones are gone within an iota of unplanned and unexpected moments.There has been cases of after party incident...
Sodiq Mustapha

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Jan 19  -  1 min read

I see my reflection in the pool of murky water.Blood trickles down the length of my fingers, sending ripples that dance upon my image.The thoughts...
Claire Molen

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Jan 17  -  1 min read

THE STIGMAYour loins was my comfort zoneWhy did you endanger my Zone?Encircling me to a danger zone?You tricked me out of desperationMaking me a victim...
JAMES JANET

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Jan 17  -  1 min read

DISGUISELet me tell you about a game I playedwhen I bid goodbyewith no plan of where to residewhen i decide to kill the threatwith no...
Fashina Rashidat

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Jan 11  -  1 min read

The imaginary little gremlin That creeps over your mind The one that limit your actions And takes over your years. The little monster that Dwells...
Mu'azu Zakari

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Jan 11  -  1 min read

It happened two days before Christmas. I had not known what fear really meant until then. It was as though the veil was torn, I...
Joy Eguaoje

in Poetry
Jan 11  -  1 min read

She was the light That illuminated my soul And made me see All that was hidden In the deepest corners of my head.   O!...
Maliq Adebowale

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Jan 9  -  1 min read

She’s got the most perfect eyes, Tells the best lies. She’s always at it, Puzzling my mind like a jigsaw.   She’s the codeine, Slows...
Maliq Adebowale

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Jan 9  -  1 min read

Over Here(At Ona-ara) Where we are is the capital city of darknesswhere only lightnings, fireflies and moon share them from their generous brightness. Dust is...
Rasheed Ibraheem Akande

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Jan 2  -  1 min read

That others may see our viewWe have made it a snap choreUntil we get our reward as dueGifts of excitement and raptureThat hilarious look from...
Idris Osunkoya

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Jan 1  -  1 min read

A man who’s bad with goodbyesFarewell speeches and toastsFor his post mortem suicideHe oughtn’t to leave a note For a strong man dies but twiceFighting...
Idris Osunkoya

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Dec 31  -  1 min read

Nighttime is my time,I walk anyhow,I do anyhow,I visit places forbidden,I do things forgotten, I approach things forsaken, Nighttime is my time; Oh! How I cherish your...
Ibidunni Omorilewa

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Dec 27  -  1 min read

THEME: SANTA SANTA I can’t hide the joy it gives,Always in my home to receive him from Rome,Click! Click! camera shutters.Mama, Papa this is the...
Oluwaseun Oke

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Dec 24  -  1 min read

I don’t know about you but let me indulge you for a little bit.What do you think if we made love? A different kind of...
Lvy Oguye

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Dec 22  -  1 min read

WEEPING EYEShedding tears nights and daysHow long will it lastThe foetus in the wombLament of a great suffering The hand refuse to feed the mouthYet...
Fashina Rashidat Temitope

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Dec 21  -  1 min read

  No one knew her name, no one caredAll they knew was that her favorite colour was red. The lady in red as she was...
Michael Ordia

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Dec 20  -  1 min read

Nigeria!Why art thou put our dreams on hold?In the hands of hopeless fellows.With your hands infold, just like you’re in mellow.You allowed two fellow bodies...
Mustapha Lawal

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Dec 20  -  1 min read

It’s not your smiles Which causes the butterflies In my stomach to rumble It’s not the glances I steal When you’re not looking Which sends...
Anonymous

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Dec 16  -  1 min read

 I can tell you about a state Where the pride is buried at the gateOf history. There you’d find a boyWhose heart is null and...
Anonymous

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Dec 12  -  1 min read

From cradle, Man perched on every word heard Crawled to wrap the Qolam around his tiny little fingers, A little one thirsts for knowledge. Flapping...
Kawthar Omisore

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Dec 5  -  1 min read

They say dance and all I hear is the call of the macabre, I finally decided to let my feelings out, It’s been days but...
Eseoise Egbokhare

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Dec 2  -  1 min read

THEME: DANCE IN LOVE (Intro: slow music) Gorgeous, can I have a dance with you?Give me your hand, let me walk you to the dance...
Oluwaseun Oke

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Nov 28  -  2 min read

ARE THOU MY KARMA? Loneliness,  I felt wrapped my heart in a death grip Crawling on my skin like the leeches that attach and suck...
Ikyernum Tkay

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Nov 27  -  1 min read

  I once heard about you and laughed it out. Mum also encouraged me saying we worship daily so you could not dare call on...
Franklyn Obuya

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Nov 26  -  1 min read

     FREE TO LIVE Can a bird be caged in the air  where freedom is free? Can the music of sonorous voice? Be limited from...
JAMES JANET

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Nov 22  -  1 min read

music tastes like sand because ears have refused to eat the good sounds, and there’s me under my grandmother’s cane chair locking the little doors...
Foyin Ejilola

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Nov 19  -  1 min read

Heaven never heard me call, guess that’s the reason I feel like hell,In my feelings I fell,In my silence I yelled,In my hands I held,Answers…...
Ibrahim Hamzetullah Hamza

in Poetry
Nov 18  -  1 min read

Tragedy I tried not to write about you (because you told me not to) But I can still taste your name And perceive your scent...
Hope Ibiale

in Poetry
Nov 15  -  1 min read

This thing called intimacy Intimacy is more than just intoxicating primal lust, It is not just about sex or kissing Or whatever unholy thing your...
Hope Ibiale

in Poetry
Nov 15  -  1 min read

When the world ended When sun and moon melted, When the oceans gave up their dead, When the army of the Lord got ready for...
Hope Ibiale

in Poetry
Nov 13  -  1 min read

Sentiment societal wonder where my path liesI am not effeminate or built to suit the stereotypical viewsBut when I start to tell tell them They...
Praise Oluwasina

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Nov 12  -  1 min read

On this journey I am,What mile is left to cover?This ocean looks like a dam,I hope you do not call me a rover. At the...
Taiwo Gbolagade

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Nov 9  -  1 min read

1960, The Ist fruit of your being ushersIn the wave of an historic remembrance,Where a nation was birth by The labour for freedom and liberty....
JAMES JANET

in Poetry
Oct 28  -  1 min read

2FREE TO LIVEThe land is green,Yet! All we see is redThe land is white,Yet! all we hear is warThe land is blessed with soil,Yet! the...
JAMES JANET

in Poetry
Oct 22  -  1 min read

For what?What did I do wrong?What crime have I committed?When has having an iPhone become a crime? In a boarded vehicle,I saw them afar.I’ll be...
Blessing Inavwhe

in Poetry
Oct 18  -  1 min read

In the land of horror,lives a Sapien of honour,who seeks love and virtue.Also in quest of fortune. Wandering like an hungry prey,but nowhere to stay.Hoping...
Anonymous

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Oct 8  -  1 min read

An uncompleted edificel locatedin a far away land.         The house houses the landlordv Who’s forever living in the veranda    ...
Adedolapo Owoade

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Oct 7  -  1 min read