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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

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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

in Poetry
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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