Memories of your love draw me to a time when nothing else mattered in this world but the sparkle of undisguised joy in your eyes each time we met. I was the one who Read More
Aug 172012
Flight 9J-992 To Lagos
Jul 062012
Sunday 3rd of June In the year 2012 A cloud of tragedy Envelopes Nigeria And Africa When passengers Numbering 153 Perish after The Airlines Flight 9J-992 from Abuja To Lagos plunges Life has its Read More
Jul 022012
My Sweetheart, How are you doing? Why am I asking this rhetorical question? I know it has been very hard for you since June 3rd2012. I know at this time you are inconsolable, but believe Read More
Jul 012012
The day is moss The night an interminable Agonized question. I look at the feathers In my hands And my eyes break In an African thunderstorm. My bird sings no more Alone she soars over Read More
Jul 012012
The silhouettes Of pure Tiffany lamp Pours from her innocent Crystal eye balls Within the weak shutters Of collapsed windows Pitching my ears high With sad memories tumbling Crescent blue waves Into symphonies of Read More
Jul 012012
Now, the plane had crashed But the echoes are still around Blazing like a fire in the harmattan All our houses are on fire Tears cover our faces as we mourn. The plane had Read More
Jul 012012
For Dana who took our loved ones to a place where they are smiling – I hope… IMMORTALITY I take in of several breaths expelling them in verses where I sing your fame praying Read More
Jul 012012
So the first time we met I did not care for him much Thought he was obnoxious And very aware of his looks Could not understand it His effect on the other girls Then he Read More
Jul 012012
I woke up this morning Filled with so much longing People I needed to see My day mapped out before me My brother’s tying the knot I’ve missed him a whole lot So I’m back Read More
Jul 012012
He had gotten a call from her; she wanted to see him. After 14years of silence, it had been an obligation to meet with her. Age had treated her well but her eyes told a Read More
Jun 302012
Seat 21C was the aisle seat five rows down, Kemi took it. Chioma and the others occupied the three rows in front of her. Kemi smiled when she noticed that Maimuna was seated across the Read More
Jun 302012
She’s been on a journey Just one of so many And right now she’s headed home She’s a house wife Her family her life On a trip to see her mum He’s a Read More
Jun 302012
Maxwell ignored whatever it was his wife was saying and hurried down the stairs that led to the ground floor of their duplex residence with his leather bag hanging down heavily from his left shoulder. Read More
Jun 302012
Look at faces Etched on them are grim looks Under the unction of June 3 forced down their constricted throat- A food their bellies despise to eat. I feel their smouldering pain. I Read More
Jun 302012
I slept back home, expecting a husband cousin, friend, only to see them dead on national television. i will miss you. we together planned how life will be i will miss your smiles, your encouragement. Read More
Jun 302012
When Bilu first saw the figure, he thought that he’d seen a ghost, and so he jerked away from the window, bumping hard into Mama. Mama spilled the beans in the plastic cup, steadied Read More
Jun 302012
The cab pulled to a stop at the curb and a hassled Maimuna stepped out of the back. The back of her maroon-colored blouse was visibly soaked through with sweat. She kept her shoulder-length black Read More
Jun 282012
In tears I write this The memories of you give bliss These tears of mine They say different things At different times When your face comes up in my mind Which is like only every Read More
Jun 282012
I have tried to forget I have tried to block it out But it keeps playing itself It’s like the pictures from an album Flipping…flipping…flipping itself I don’t want to see those beautiful children With Read More
Jun 282012
As I heard the sound over my plain I remembered with pain Those who died in the plane That fell out of lane And crashed into the building without restrain As I heard the sound Read More