I believe all men are not equal. I do not hold this to be true in a racist or prejudicial sense of the expression but do so from a deeper and wider level of reflection [...]
May 112012
Chemo
May 082012
He’s coming From there She’s staring From here. He can see her Her eyes are piercing his She is calm He is frightened But he would say those words, Would spill them Today As he [...]
May 052012
Teenage prostitute, the age of my youngest sister who has not clocked puberty. A hard life it must be being reared back and forth by daddies and grand-daddies in the dingy rooms and on the [...]
Apr 172012
“Madam, commo’ for dia! Wetin dey worry you sef?” “Driver, you sef you get wahala. Where you wan make she go for this kain hold up? We wey be passenger for your bus, you think [...]
Mar 152012
Criticism is a gift–A gift whose impact depends on the manner of its presentation by the critic, and the disposition and maturity of the writer who receives it. A critic is a surgeon and a [...]
Mar 112012
A writer’s primary motivator should be anticipated praise. Adulation, ovation, commendation–whatever it is called–he should dream of these as he puts his pen to paper. The writer should constantly craft parallel scenarios of the beautiful [...]
Mar 082012
1. OKADA ACCIDENT It happened in a flash, I mean, The violent clash of metal and bodies. From the shelter of our mobile shanty- That lacked half of safety’s pledge Effort of driver and carriage [...]
Dec 292011
I spend my time alone Silent, Thinking Of someone special. We gaze into each other’s eyes Silent, The feelings we share Are too much for words. I lie in my room Silent, Tears dripping down [...]
Dec 202011
First wash With water by now you should be salivating. Next Position the washed stick At a convenient angle 45, 90, 270? Depends on you. Then Dig your teeth Just in-between The hard [...]
Dec 202011
You are the root of countless discoveries The origin of numerous symphonies Your elements are all beneficial They inspire all things artificial Ideas take form in your clime and terrain Drawing energy by grazing on your pasture [...]
Dec 112011
I DEATH You will die someday And your body shall journey back to earth’s womb The ants and termites would be your last undertakers Together with the ubiquitous microbes They would find you wherever [...]
Nov 292011
*Instances of Nigerian English not enclosed in quotation marks are present in this story. This is deliberate. ABU is the pet name of my beloved alma Mater, the famous Ahmadu Bello University of Zaria. This [...]
Nov 232011
My needles caress each other leading on coloured threads. a hobby, my fate or some curse? I let the perceived role of the woman decide? A tool, a slave, a toy Is that my [...]
Nov 192011
I CHEMISTRY He’s smitten By Pulchritude and Intelligence From a distance. He’s on the cliff He’s lucky to be a friend He’s close to the edge Of the cliff. The gently blowing wind [...]
Nov 132011
This machine is annoying I think it is toying With my head. For God’s sake I am educated And my ears are not segregated From my body. For the ninth time This machine [...]
Nov 072011
Pain Oh the pain…. Have you felt pain? The horrible, terrible kind that drives mad your psyche swerving it to the lane of death infusing it with the sombre belief that suicide will be [...]
Nov 032011
Sharpness Precision The knives got all that These chickens screaming know about that Even so because sharpness and precision have formed a terrible alliance with the skill of the chicken slayers; to lay waste the [...]
Nov 012011
Outstretched Stunted These hands Beg for mercy. Sympathy Liberty The parched cries Of a suffering mouth. Struggling with hunger His belly tears asunder Little wars in different sections Pinching, biting, making pain. [...]
Oct 312011
“Kakuri United!” bawls the stony faced conductor bottling a day’s worth of fatigue; preparing the way, for the looming surge of tired humans, anxious to get home to a meal, a bath and a much [...]