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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

in Poetry
Jul 16  -  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

in Poetry
Jun 9  -  1 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

in Poetry
Jun 7  -  1 min read

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O aged tree. Methuselah treeTall and stately. Strong and gallantFull of wisdom. Brimming with historyAdorned with ageless rings of knowledgeOf stories and legends and folkloreSecrets,...
Imabong Faminu

in AfricaRising
May 20  -  1 min read

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Child of destiny, child of promiseChild of opportunity, child of hopeChild of miracles, child of dreamsChild of purpose, child of grace Child of destiny, child...
Imabong Faminu

in AfricaRising
May 18  -  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

in Poetry
May 8  -  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

in Poetry
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

in Poetry
Jan 3  -  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

in Poetry
Mar 15  -  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

in Poetry
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

in Poetry
Jan 9  -  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

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...
Antisocial. Words

in Article
Sep 14  -  1 min read

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...
Antisocial. Words

in Article
Sep 3  -  1 min read

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

in Article
Jul 7  -  1 min read

Sitting here,nothing but an old soul Withering away with nothing but memories that brings smile and tears.Sitting in a chair away from the view.I’m back...
Makanjuola Oluwajubeelo

in Article
May 13  -  1 min read

Sometimes You Feel Like Your Head Is UnderwaterThe Current Threatening To Carry You OffYou Are Tempted To Go With It, Flow With It Then You...
IMABONG 🇳🇬

in Article
Apr 15  -  1 min read

The cold grip of winter assails my soulA numbing emptiness devoid of warmthMy heart is cold. My eyes steel.My calculative mind assesses allOnce was there...
IMABONG 🇳🇬

in Article
Apr 15  -  1 min read

Will we rememberour last word, thought or gestureafter we have breathed our lastand crossed into the timeless beyond? Will we rememberthe people or the solitudethat...
Esshiet

in Article
Dec 4  -  1 min read

                      LUST I was somewhat mesmerized,when the beautiful face of lustlaid its cold and bare...
Samuel Okedara

in Tell! Awards
Nov 3  -  1 min read

TODAY; I CHOOSE JOY.    Joy, makes thoughts just,  Making memories to prod in torrent smile.  Yet emotions rants in tender heart.  With a lovely...
Alao Afeez

in Article
Sep 26  -  1 min read

In the beginning Adam breathe in oxygen And breathe out carbon-dioxide   Tree grew in capacity It produced the healthiest of fruits How green it...
Oladimeji Ojo

in Article
Aug 16  -  1 min read

Memories, clasped in between the animated spread of our lips— We stand… our feetin a whispered conversation withthe earth painted in the identityof our ancient...
Uthman Yusuff

in Article
May 12  -  1 min read

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(Warnings from the Ghostly Voice) My head is a faraway mountainCovered in grey clouds of the evening time,Covered in hair strands with fading vigour:Give me...
Uthman Yusuff

in Article
Jan 10  -  1 min read

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This is what I’ve missedMy heart race at the thoughtShe could be anywhereShe walked down the stairsA million times in my headAll I want is...
Anonymous

in Article
May 25  -  1 min read

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I want to take a peer into eternal realmsI set out to sail across the vast sea of lifeWhere walls don’t exist and mortal men...
Aristokratos

in Article
Apr 11  -  1 min read