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Tremors arrest my entire muscles,Fears handcuff all my thoughtsMind numbingChill spurringWhispering that you might land beneath the water The beauty of the blue seaAttract like...
Rashidat Fashina

in Poetry
Nov 11  -  1 min read

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There was no love lost between mother and daughter.It had been that way since dad eloped with the maid.The runaway father of one… once a...
Daniel Ibanga

in Short Stories
Nov 4  -  2 min read

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The end of an era Tobi-Makinde Melody I’ve always heard,That time waits for no one.I admit, I never truly understood it.I just knew the words...
Melody Tobi-Makinde

in Poetry
Oct 22  -  1 min read

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RAGEIn the deepest part of my heart,Emotions put aside,All thought put on holdWith folded arms and steady eyes Neither fear nor surpriseLook upon them as...
Rashidat Fashina

in Poetry
Oct 16  -  1 min read

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Writing Prompt: Write your own myth to describe what happens to people when they die.   MR NIGER D That was the mnemonic we were...
B'kunmi

in Short Stories
Oct 3  -  5 min read

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After retiring from the army, old soldier became an accomplished businessman, politician and community head. Who’s debauched ways was an open secret in the neighborhood...
Daniel Ibanga

in Punography
Sep 25  -  2 min read

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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

in Poetry
Sep 21  -  1 min read

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I did not hear the bullet eject, the Colt 1911 semi auto pistol.Only felt myself being lifted up and off my feet.Then i hit the...
Daniel Ibanga

in Short Stories
Sep 9  -  1 min read

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“Eii God“ That’s me and 15 others in this classroom.” Eii God” is just the Nigerian version of “Brrrr“, as in the written expression of...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji

in Lifestyle
Aug 19  -  1 min read

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“Arike, ayè mi tèmibámi!” Those were Papa’s last words to me, knowing fully well I couldn’t understand the language he spoke. Growing up as a...
Steph Najomo

in Short Stories
Aug 12  -  3 min read

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He shot her thrice at close range.Right in their living room.Then picked up his mobile phone and dialed 911.The voice at the other side sounded...
Daniel Ibanga

in Short Stories
Jul 28  -  4 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

in Poetry
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

in Poetry
Jul 26  -  1 min read

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It’s quite painful and I don’t even know who to inform. My parents made me regret ever telling them I was gifted a new phone....
Anonymous

in Memoir Series
Jul 23  -  4 min read

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On a very sunny Wednesday morning after you received yet another rejection mail, you sit at your makeshift home office staring at your outdated MacBook...
Britney Muoghalu

in Short Stories
Jul 22  -  2 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

in Poetry
Jul 17  -  1 min read

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I grew up in love with my mother, her sweetness is simply beyond this world but my father, who’s quite frankly, nothing to write home...
Lawrence Abiaobo

in Short Stories
Jul 17  -  1 min read