When JIDE BADMUS WRITES
WHEN JIDE BADMUS WRITES… When Jide Badmus writes poems, he writes poems that grip you like a vice. When he writes, the prison walls are broken and hearts are amended like the sun rising from the East in a beautiful morning to enlighten the earth of its beauty. He is an exceptional poet from others … Continue reading When JIDE BADMUS WRITES
Burying The Dead Is More Expensive Than Caring For The Living
BURYING THE DEAD IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CARING FOR THE LIVING IN SOME PARTS OF NIGERIA. “The man that buried his father with cow and the man that buried his father with hen, each did according to their ability”. Igbo Proverb. The chaos and havoc experienced in some families when sharing what a dead man … Continue reading Burying The Dead Is More Expensive Than Caring For The Living
Black And White
With you went the colours in my life In your absence, all are a shade of grey The Cooling breeze now blisters The morning sun scorches and burns Only grey skies Too little light No more birds Only the crows Flowers are gone Weeds have sprung Tell tales of love strained But not undone Time … Continue reading Black And White
A Call Not To Answer
Every seconds the phone keep ringing Every minute a soul goes on a journey A journey of no coming back Many are answering the call A call not to answer It is…When a soul is losing it all out When a life is threatening to end it all All because of life throws one … Continue reading A Call Not To Answer
A Man Should Be Alone
A man should be alone sometimes It is required for his sanity Alone in a place, in his mind Alone in his dwelling cut out from but still within humanity A man should be alone He should seek to be alone Under a tree he should rest Under leaves branched out with its fruit … Continue reading A Man Should Be Alone
We Remember
Some call it the civil war While others choose to call it the biafran war For two and the half years it lasted. That war that was synonymous to starvation. For if we eastern brethens have separated Where would “bia” be in Wazobia? That war that begat peace And restored unity. Despite many heroes fell … Continue reading We Remember
Letters: To A Great Personality, Ifeanyi Bernard
LETTERS: TO A GREAT PERSONALITY, IFEANYI BERNARD I won’t forget you in a hurry; I won’t. I will hold rivers for you. You have been a brother, a friend, a colleague, a teacher and motivator. You have been helpful to me in many ways in my writing career. You are selfless and kind and enduring. … Continue reading Letters: To A Great Personality, Ifeanyi Bernard
Too High To Riot
This is Nigeria, live with in…or not
Before You Take That Life
Remember those who were there for you Remember while you have hold on for long Remember your love ones Remember your friend Remember you got God and you are never alone That no matter what you may be going through Someone who got your back is there Watching and looking at you always Reach … Continue reading Before You Take That Life
HAZE 1: Homecoming
Kike stared at her sister for what seemed like ages. She kept a fixed gaze on her as though she were a specimen in a science lab undergoing scrutiny… and all she could feel was pity and regrets… She’d come to see more of her mother in Morayo as the years passed. She remembered those days when there … Continue reading HAZE 1: Homecoming
Born Without A Penis
Arigbe the first and last child of his parents named after the famous Arigbe leaf a wild magical spice only used by women who need to spice up their love lives his father’s love for his mother lacked spice at the time he was born so she named him Arigbe but after Arigbe was born … Continue reading Born Without A Penis
Letters: To An Exceptional Youth Leader And Great Thinker, Soul’e Rhymez
LETTERS: TO AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUTH LEADER AND GREAT THINKER, SOUL’E RHYMEZ I will hate myself if I fail to acknowledge your impact in my life. You stood to defend my art when the storm came. You came to my inbox some years back, 2016 precisely to tell me to keep writing when they said I … Continue reading Letters: To An Exceptional Youth Leader And Great Thinker, Soul’e Rhymez
A Reason
Where I come from men takes joy in mediocracy Sex and pleasure is all that drives them crazy Even those expected to liberate their family are all lazy No vision, no goal even their daily meal is dicey Their dreams are nothing more than nightmares And there life a perfect definition of mere Me, I … Continue reading A Reason
Writers Are Not Poor Noise Makers Or Something Like That.
WRITERS ARE NOT POOR NOISE MAKERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JK Rowling: With a net worth of $1 billion, JK Rowling currently has the accolade of being the richest author in the world and is also the first author to ever achieve this level of financial success from their writing. She is best-known for writing … Continue reading Writers Are Not Poor Noise Makers Or Something Like That.
I Once Had Three Brothers
I once had 3 brothers whom: we drag food from mama’s oily pot We Pray for a better life we brag who could first get a wife And with whom, The family’s flag stood still I once had 3 brothers whom: We laughed and joked Bath in the rain And basked on the harsh harmathan … Continue reading I Once Had Three Brothers