The fluorescent tube flickered intermittently, each time plunging the veranda into pitch black darkness. The night was hot and humid and the air stood still; the cheap fan in the room blew nothing but hot [...]
Aug 292011
Shope
Aug 272011
You’ve heard this Song of despair For too long. Danced to lethargy To its dark seductive tune, Bound to ineptitude By its harsh rasping lyrics; Your ship wrecks on the rocks Once and again… Take [...]
Apr 242011
Strike him a tune, Let this poet sing, Inebriated on bitter wine, Clouded by failures of before, And misfortune immutable. Let him sing of despair, Let his words paint pictures forlorn.
Feb 262011
The colour of the day was red. Red is also the colour for tragedies-and of blood spilt all over the bathroom floor. How fitting. St. Valentines day-loves day and tragedy, and folly all rolled in [...]
Feb 252011
How do I cross this torrent?
These waters rage,
Menacing unfriendly currents
Seeming unconquerable
I despair.
Feb 242011
From this very parched ground, Brown, barren and cracked, Beauty shall come- Amazing green and fruit, And Adam’s seed shall marvel.
Feb 042011
I My nation is run by a cartel, Of fat potbellied villains, Beasts cursed to suffer The eternal thirst of the insatiable They will not die well.
Jan 062011
A draught of the finest liquor, Of essence pure and strong, Tingling its way down, warm It is a cool breeze blowing, Scattering the prevailing stillness, Shaking those things that once stood firm;
Dec 162010
It took her a few seconds to process the news, “What did you just say? What did you do?” Her voice shot up to a falsetto; it always did when she was really scared. As [...]
Dec 142010
Fun. That is all I was looking for that cool breezy Friday night at the Lights Club, Ikorodu, and I was having it till they came to spoil it all. I was sitting at home, [...]
Nov 112010
Daughter of Eve, tell me,
Which is the misnomer:
Abigail or Delilah?
I must know fore I succumb
To your bewitching charms;
This excursion once taken,
Cannot be undone
Oct 272010
A villain you are not,
Confused and unsure you are,
A tottering toddler
In these concerns;
You’ve fallen down, gotten up,
And fallen again
Oct 212010
He stood there,
Every rising of the sun,
At the jetty gear packed,
Ready to go, waiting,
Till the great golden orb waned,
The great vessels come and go,
Floating cities,
Means to his dreams,
Yet he stood there.
Oct 192010
There’s a vast distance betwixt
This sculpting and the sculptors image,
Errors were a multitude.
His mind travelled a thousand journeys,
Attention died a thousand deaths;
He lazed in the day,
Rushed futilely in the dark;