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Anthony Notes-18dbb4e2

  Once was I free Before I met theeYou came bearing promises of loveYet plotted a desire-dilemma I couldn’t solve You made a mess of...
Aremu John

in AfricaRising
May 18  -  1 min read

Annie Spratt-fe6aa126

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

bill wegener-9d3deaaf

You are standing on holy ground. Yours might be a building with grandeur edifice with pietistical mannerisms. Mine is a shrine you cannot do without....
Tolulope Akintaro

in AfricaRising
May 16  -  1 min read

Oladimeji Odunsi-1-417784d9

‘Freedom!!!!!’  They kept echoing from time immemorial  Deep breaths, sighs, one, two Everyday the same, invaded, stripped of their heritage  Robbed of their culture, their...
Grace Odukoya

in AfricaRising
May 15  -  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

Voltaire, a French writer and historian, defined poetry as the music of the soul. This succinct, but interpretative definition explains the in-depth meaning of poetry,...
Wale Olaogun

in Reviews
May 4  -  3 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

in Poetry
Mar 7  -  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

in Poetry
Apr 24  -  2 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

in Poetry
Mar 27  -  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

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

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

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

in Poetry
Dec 2  -  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

  I do not need Math,nor do I needits further friend,to log this rhythmin your pulsing heart, for your figure eight expressionis a source of...
Uthman Yusuff

in Article
Sep 22  -  1 min read

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, ...
Fahad Aliyu Muhammed

in Article
Aug 24  -  1 min read

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...
Balogun Abdulmueed.A

in Article
Jun 1  -  1 min read

Music I was told,was found in all shades.From the bass to the strings Leaving it’s listener in awe.Sending it into a trance at first encounter...
Makanjuola Oluwajubeelo

in Article
May 13  -  1 min read

SAVE US FROM PERILOUS TIMES Deteriorating climate conditions ;The world is shivering, Bombarded with severe events ,The planet is infected and unhealthy ;We’re at the...
Dah real AMAKING

in Article
May 1  -  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

Into My Mother’s Shoes. Suddenly, I became my mother,I could see the load she carried.I felt it now, the shackles, bounds and cage that kept...
Anonymous

in Article
Apr 3  -  1 min read

**A silent night it was, lonely and coldA night that left a memory that won’t die easily A night of pain and despairWhere fear almost...
Aristokratos

in Article
Dec 20  -  1 min read

ÒgúndábèdéYou no longer come at the dead of the night (when Jinns walk upon the earth)To prove your horror and terror And plunder treasureAway, on...
Qudus Ayinde Adebayo

in Article
Oct 25  -  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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Bring with you a truckload of handkerchiefs, For the tale of this moon time isNot the imagined stories of Ajapa the Tortoise,Neither is it the...
Uthman Yusuff

in Article
Jan 10  -  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