Just digits, but they bring horror, unimaginable and this poem sprang from there… £14,000. Breathless numbers, Handicapped as they be, They bore down below, Into the deeps of my heart. £14,000. The pounding sound Leaves [...]
May 222012
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May 182012
I am the lizard I climbed the mighty Iroko; I leaped from its heights to the earth below But no lips sought to sing my praise. So I shall beat the drums And write for [...]
May 152012
Written, with much respect and recognition of their inspiration, in response to Soyinka and Clark’s poems, … hopefully, it’d be the third member of the trilogy of “Abiku” I. Again You have come, Visitor That never overstays. [...]
May 122012
The morning comes again. Sunlight steals into my room, Like he always does, And I awake at the robin’s song. Why does the sun’s fingers Chill the blood in my veins? Why does the robin’s [...]
May 102012
Inspired by the beautiful virgins of yore!!! Ajike, eleyinju oge, [Owner of the bewitching eyeballs] Owner of the magic jugs Whose fermented wine Shall make even Sango, eleyinju ina, [Sango, the one with the fiery eyes] Stagger at [...]
Dec 212011
Please read both poems like a song…you’ll get the rhythm better. They have 8 beats per line each. DEATH: Full Stop Or Ellipsis? Of all that man has found on earth: In all his [...]
Dec 202011
A father’s sin Your bed is cold, your room is strange, You roam alone on death’s range: No son, no daughter, no wife- You chased them all with hunger and strife. Did not the voice [...]
Aug 152011
When you love someone, let them know before another person steals their heart…There is no loving in the grave!!!! I Once again, I stand outside the window. I am the haunted deer gazing at his [...]
Aug 122011
I’m in love with a singing guitar… I’m in love with a twinkling star… I’m in love with a golden voice… I’m in love with a queenly poise. The rhythm of the guitar has [...]
Jul 222011
Sometime ago, i met a white girl on MySpace and i went poetic on her. at the time, i was an unemployed graduate tired of life after University and NYSC. The internet cafe was my [...]
Jul 202011
Sometime ago, i met a white girl on MySpace and i went poetic on her. at the time, i was an unemployed graduate tired of life after University and NYSC. The internet cafe was my [...]
Jul 182011
read this as if you are talking to yourself!!! I have looked into the mirror once and again No. Think you not that I am vain I am just a troubled heart in doubt Of [...]
Jul 152011
You see me and look away. Know this; all I do is hope!!! I am the owner of the streets I know the smell of the air it breathes: The smell of its rotten beans [...]
Jul 122011
We have waited, hoped and argued against reality watching for the Breath of Fresh Air. A hundred and fifty millions noses sniffing the air Searching for the fragrance that is not there They go [...]
Jul 042011
This is a raw draft. You guys are my editors at this stage so you’d be doing me a favor by making comments and corrections. Its part of a larger project. I fear not; I [...]
Jun 302011
..the poems here are some of the poems i have in my latest project. I. THE SICKLE He soars high above the towering hill His claws are stretched aiming for the kill He is the [...]