Of the whites and blacks, many a colour I perceive Shades of grey and other darker hues And one single bright colour piercing through Clear, yet shielded by the palette of the artist. Read More
Jan 082013
writefight
Jan 042013
Even with a thousand windows open And the many houses that lined the streets of his mind And all the shanties befitting of his status, He choose my own home for burglar Armed Read More
Dec 252012
She’s been beating the sheets with the milkman While her loving husband is off, ranching away in the sun For them both to revel later at evenfall Even at week ten, the baby Read More
Dec 232012
This alphabet is inhuman And it scares me in no little measure Blood, Cells, Haemoglobin all in a Sickle If only a world exist without all of these But what is music without its Read More
Dec 222012
Food has been central to the being and survival of mankind. For this reason, man has continued to beautify, access and embellish it in assorted ways. It continues to provide mental stimulus for thinking and Read More
Dec 212012
Come on… How long does it take you to come? We could, but we won’t! Not with the wary men in black Police officers who will not believe a word Hostile judges, axing questions Read More
Dec 192012
The leaves of experience vary in shape Even the colours are not the same Some, green, some darker Some wilted; others torn Some get angry, some get cranky Ashamed, stoic and erratic. Read More
Dec 162012
With your tongue, you beat me silly Because I utter a line Of that which I know not in the lingo of the English If that be the case, will you also club me a Read More
Dec 142012
(1) It is your fault to walk alone while carrying a load To have a drink, a strong drink at that To walk alone in the dark of the night To not fight back Read More
Sep 062012
What else can you do than kill Hopes and plans and will What else is your use than these; Tears, pains and lease A temporary mortgage you give And return to receive your rent Read More
Sep 022012
After birthing this fourth child Into your cold hands, O life! How much more tears would your jug take To allow for me a child at least For my patience for a heir A Read More
Sep 012012
What else do I know Like the rhymes I blow Pushing words and lines that glow Orotund verses like the sun about to show To show the compulsive lyrical photons That reach Read More
Aug 132012
You, The artillery of your anger Against the wall of their banter Arsenals of your mind Playing off their treachery Squabbles and strife Blood and hunger We, Into the belligerent days We’re birthed Read More
Aug 082012
Morose and speechless You strode on with your wares, damaged. Worrying over your loss The time and energy you spent Working hard to trade Goods and services for joy Joy of the heart and Read More
Jul 272012
Ever heard a people reproach Alcohol so much yet embrace hashish A laggard begging for alms yet dictate to you what to give People pontificating about God in the day Yet communing with pantheons at Read More
Jul 252012
Have you ever watched a heavy stomach being ripped apart for its foetus Have you ever hid in a piggery To evade marauders at noon Have you ever looked murder in the face Attempting to Read More
Jul 252012
Can you recall his name? The name of the man you met in grade six Who didn’t need to say much before you smiled Can you remember his face? The face of the physician Read More
Jul 232012
When you recount those words, I startle Words that grit my bowel When you say no word, I marvel When you stride that lane And twitch those eyes at an angle, I giggle ‘cos I Read More
Jul 192012
She laughed violently when he beamed her a smile She laughed again when he penned his words Through his eyes she saw his heart She laughed more at his tawdry remark- you are beautiful Read More
Jul 172012
The district chief summoned Elder Anyebe to answer for sundry issues, attempted murder being the main concern. His guards reported the bleeding and near death of Priscilla. She swallowed some toxin as a protest against Read More