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Sade ran away from home. It was on a hot Saturday afternoon that she had left, Carrying a small bag with few of her belongings...

Breadcrumber
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...

Too Many Voices
You do not know how I feel, Although you claim you do. You can walk past me on the streets And oogle at my...

Africa’s Child
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...

Dear African Child, Why Do You Cry?
Dear African child, why do you cry? Do you cry because of the hardships you face? Is it because you have no food to...

AFRICA WILL SOME DAYS BE GREAT
give fortitude to children whose growing was almost the miracle of Maryand Jesus, their father died in slavery service on a sugarcane farm in Brazil,...

The market
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....

A Penny For Your Thoughts
“A penny for your thoughts.” I said to him, The wise man That sat in the village square, Studying his environment and the people in...

BLACKISTAN
‘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...

Mama Africa
Mama Africa A strong woman faces the sun. With the wind in her hair and a spring in her step. She does not look back...

WE ARE HERE FOR OUR BROTHERS TOO
don’t dare look at today with yesterday’s eyes, we are no longer walking different paths,we are here as a team, we are here for our...

WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, I WILL SING YOU A SONG
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Overturn
Overturn (A dam burst open that can’t be managed).By Tobi-Makinde Melody. Overtime, I thought you’d change. And come to see...

The Poetics of Brymo
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,...

WOMAN
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...

Modern Poetry
Modern Poetry I remember going to Abuu Faheem the one that sends poetry on international errands to tell me how to write a poem...

if your enemy thirsts, give him drink…
if your enemy thirsts, give him drink… so, when aunty ramotu asked for a glass of cold water to quench her thirst, i sweetened it...

the good, the bad, the ugly; i need all!
i do not want a side of the coin flip it over, sweet or sour i need more more of good and bad good, because...

FROM PAINTED BREATH TO PAINTER
My eyes nurse golden brown flames within them rimmed with purple eye shadows my cheeks are green like a forest in full bloom...

How to win a poet’s heart
This is it,how to make a poetwither on your hands like leaves in Autumn; You need caches of beauty,gallons of creativity and a bottle...

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

A DEAD MAN’S VERSE
Down.Down. Down.Down. Down. Down.Deep into the belly of the earth. Wrapped up like gifts I received on my birthdaysnow, the truth about them reminds meof...

Hook n’ Line
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....

Fear
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...

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

My Succubus
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...

Dance
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...

Roller Coaster Emotions
Woke up one morning,Unmasked and free; wading feet in the air.Basking in the last moments of breaths,The world as we knew it now ‘topsy turvy’...

EVOL
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…...

I Do Not Need Math
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...

HERE IN THE NORTH
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, ...

The books in the library
I entered into the library. And i got scared. I got scared, Of the books in the shelves. And how they were treated. Dirty and...

Lets love first
The first time I saw you my heart found abode in your hands and I smiled like God was pulling at the corner of my...

AT NIGHT THEY COME
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...

She is music
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...

Save us from perilous time
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...

FIGHT
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...

Hibernation
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...

O Imperfect Love Despairing
O IMPERFECT LOVE DESPAIRING LOVE !!!. I was told you were a beautiful thingButterflies, sunflowers and blue skiesEndless, fruitful and fullRapid heart beats, kisses and...
Into my mother’s shoes
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...

FEAR
Don’t lay hold of me so I can lay hold of me.Leave, Fear, let me be who I always am.Let there be Light to dispel...

POETRY; MORE THAN WORDS
My heart has been crippledMy mind drowning in it thoughts And my soul slipping away All by the things I hid inside for so long....

Dear Santa
**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...

Iridescent Magnificence
The shining glow of light brown eyes, eyes I miss. And her subtle kisses, hesitant and untainted by the words of society. Her infant cries,...

It’s not a story. And it does not have a title🙄|| or if you like— “CRUSHED, (Cupid conquers once again).
I saw her todayShe is so fineIf there’s a measurement for beauty She tops the scaleIf there’s a measurement for smartness She’s the highest attainment...

MOURN-DAY OF THE WEAK
On a Mourn-day Mourn-ing,You rise from your bedbug-invaded bedfor school And open your eyes to the fact That the thunder of death has stricken your...

ÒGÚNDÁBÈDÉ
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...

MEMORIES IN A PIC
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...

WHEN WE MEET TONIGHT…
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...

LET ME CONCENTRATE
(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...