BAYO STOOD ALONE in the desolate room; it had a sense of eeriness around it that seemed spooky and out of place. Sunlight filtered in through the broken louvers and pooled lazily on the uneven Read More
Feb 122013
Edydeyemi
Feb 052013
I will proclaim your name you whose smile rivals the sun… whose laughter dares the wind Oluwanifemi…my precious son. Your name is an unending flame of whose fame I will sing. I will hold your Read More
Feb 022013
It was an electrifying moment… tension hung thick in the air. It was the finals of the 2014 World Cup, and for the first time, an African team had made it to the very finals. Read More
Nov 062012
The flame dies… it dies now growing cold in the noonday heat; Bleary eyes beg and implore seeking hope where none lies “Doctor! Doctor! Do something” The soul goes.. it goes now torn from its Read More
Oct 092012
“I’m sorry Al., b…but this madness has got to stop. We have–” “What do you by ‘this madness has got to stop’?” he demanded, cutting her off in mid-sentence. They were in another hotel room Read More
Oct 072012
She remains a partial gift; some have none, some have much… For her scales, sideways they tilt still we crave her soothing touch. With jars of scents, ointments and creams; ourselves we paint seeking her Read More
Sep 222012
It adorns your face like the crescent moon… I could sit for days playing lively tunes just to gaze upon your harmless weapon. It lights up your face like a streak of lightning… I’m left Read More
Sep 112012
Let us speak no more of wars; Turn your left cheek when struck and booed… Cleanse each other’s sores like a brother would. Strife bears no rose… carnage wears no garland; Of what use is Read More
Sep 102012
As she sped along the Third Mainland Bridge, she listened to the rumblings of thunder and felt very disturbed and afraid. She was not afraid of the thunder nor of the rain that was only Read More
Sep 092012
I gaze through the door and peep through the window hoping to see you… coming home to me I stand and again sit I pace and walk the floor wishing you’d appear… appear before Read More
Sep 052012
Night falls, dawn breaks as she spins her seamless webs… Bones age, strength wanes, yet she stays a faithless whore. Glories rise, glories fade as she works her vile poison… Like a thief that Read More
Sep 052012
Hear it pour… watch it flow streaming down our sunken cheeks; Salty tide, currents of grief gathering at our dusty feet… Pools of pearls, rivers of tears, drop after drop of pain heartfelt. See it Read More
Jun 182012
I remain to my cause true championing a selfless truth, let the world rage and shout let her vile volcanoes boil can the winds quake Everest? Sticks or stones may break my bones speakers or Read More
May 282012
My past trots behind me an obstinate shadow; It turns neither left nor right but plies my very route. Often I wish it gone like some eerie nightmare; Like a cold, wintry night that melts Read More
May 242012
When night falls, a dark blanket, casting round enchanted spells; My lowly soul, its respite finds in her bosom so warm and swell… My grieving mind and lonely heart they cast their fears far-far behind. Read More
May 182012
I gathered water in my palms, and cupped the sun in my fist; I claimed the wind as my own but who can drain the ocean? I chased a star as it fell even the Read More
May 122012
I tread my path invoking the spirits, Loudly I chant and call on beings divine. I converse with the clouds through smoky veils, and scrawl on the ground Writings of the ancients. I sail with Read More
Apr 262012
I hear the wind wailing up and down; She cries in the fields even in cities and towns. I listen to the song a song of thousand woes; Mourning undeserved wrongs wrought by friends and Read More
Apr 182012
I might stand alone but I remain incomplete… whenever apart we’re blown your rhythm my heart beats; a song to celebrate you. Like the sun to the sky the waves to the sea… you Read More
Dec 172011
I rise when time beckons, plying along my destined course as time doth ever blow by to me the clock calls, saying “On! On!! never stop” My route I ply with time, meeting faces along Read More