I need a friend Who will polish my armor Even in times of horror I need a husband Who’s good with the swords And keep his words I need a wife Who will womb my [...]
Apr 232012
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Mar 222012
Parrots squawking on the rooftop Monkeys lounging at the backyards O! that is my father’s house My skin is black My hair is black My pot is black I’m an African child My [...]
Mar 132012
Again my eyes are going fog Atune the hoots of giant frogs My days blaz’d like a lazy candle In ticks of 2nds too swift to handle I don’t even have a [...]
Feb 162012
At the vanish of the dusk My windows pointing towards me And calling me a fool Baffled by how much I got to know That I don’t know Saddened by how much i have to [...]
Feb 102012
Mother’s tear is a humble picture of unconditional love and cares of a mother for her child, shown from the moment of pregnancy till death. These verses are based on self-recollections of owns mother’s love [...]
Jan 252012
Hello Afnan Felt the kick of your legs so harsh On my puffy womb so painful Noticed you turn quite frequent as well I’m troubled of gender fate once [...]
Jan 082012
A soundless clap by the audience -invisible Were you also caught brooding how -possible And inaudible clatter of mockery and -ridicule Of an horror authored by the hands of men -culpable My eyes are aging [...]
Dec 302011
Only 51 years ago Was Nigeria reborn From the epic of transitive orphanage Both colonial and imperial we all felt The British lust for bloods and bones! They captured and tortured [...]
Dec 282011
As I sit here writing under a tussled willow Tree In the village of Ifatumobi’ As I write.. Most of the brandish leafs is waxed to the wind roar Only the naked trunks [...]
Dec 222011
What else should I do for love??? Shall I buy’ Some golden bracelet with rhombus knot Shall I bring?’ A scented flower in a cone spar Or some spherical bangle with glowing carcass [...]
Dec 182011
When I was a kid; Time dissolves into hasting dew A russet climate color imbued uncertain mornings The hoot of a bat pets the angry little babe Ever since I left mother’s womb Fate [...]
Dec 082011
Do you remember as much’ As I do? In the time of myth How we used to bask Under the bright moon The memory of childhoodness Still fresh like yesterday… Sadly! The [...]
Dec 042011
Just us two We sat on the cordial stem Of a juvenile mango tree in the chalet Then you were a little coy- You plucked the lower leaf aloft Unconsciously shredding the leaf with your [...]
Dec 012011
Come my love Please take me out I’m tired of the same smell The jasmine from the cone bottle That sticks on the rugs and cotton Take me to the beach side Where [...]