There is a place called tomorrow Where this set of politicians Who claim we elected them Will all be gone Even the last trace of their names Will be no more. No need naming names Read More
Jun 092013
faith
May 272013
Now we sail In the canoe The boat paddling And drifting and sailing The boat afloat the river At dusk at the river bank The twilight, the darkness Silence; now the hush Drifting, the chirping Read More
May 222013
Where I come from, na tori we dey take sleep and na tori, we dey take wake. As Africans, na our trademark be that. Tori, tori and more tori, we just like tori. Tori sef Read More
May 212013
Making torrential and incessant Prayer of the Holy fire Waiting for salvation Like a train with their hope Waiting for answers Looking for solutions Praying holy fire! This is Most Holiness Laying hands on the Read More
May 182013
Melinda loved Sunday mornings, not because it was a sacred day or because it was God’s command to keep it holy. She loved Sundays because that was the day she got to see Pastor Dave. Read More
May 112013
Nipple sensations, burning sensations Soft and raw sensations everywhere, When hormones like electric currents Flow though nerves and tissues Down to the orifice, down there and back As all senses begin an eclectic race And Read More
Feb 102013
We moved to Canada and though I cried with my friends and kissed Pete, promising to try and keep the relationship going. I was secretly relieved. I was determined to start afresh. I was 18 Read More
Jan 292013
That experience never repeated itself again for a while, and that is something I really thank God for now. Something else emerged though: a need, a desire. I was afraid of him, mainly because I Read More
Jan 232013
At first glance I look like a kid. Most people say I look like I have just ended puberty and begun my adolescence. I smile. In a way this is right. I’d say I have just Read More
Jan 132013
(Still searching………..) I am now twenty and two In search of my soul mate Walking everyday from house to house All I hear is the same: “You are a good looking man, caring Read More
Dec 312012
I wonder how we let them hijack Christmas, but they have done so and they haunt us with it. Our sober ceremony was hijacked and turned into a carnival, and we let them. A time Read More
Dec 242012
If these words, those words Cannot quicken the beats of your heart, Cannot cause a surge of your emotive heat I’ll stop using them, yes, I’ll say them no more But these words, those Read More
Dec 072012
There was a country… Born of the incestuous union Of a myriad nation tribes And named in the throes Of an adulterous liaison Brothers united In a sham fraternity By strangers Who sought their unity Read More
Dec 022012
“Help me” Prostrate,face down at the foot of the Teacher- who was reported to have the ears of God-he lay,tears streaming down his face. He was the picture of a man at his wit’s Read More
Nov 292012
The desert-faring easterly Swept the invading Arabian horde Into Nubian climes And for the price of jasmine and spice A harem was exchanged Indigenous gods were ousted Traded for the deity Of a foreign land Read More
Nov 232012
This sane morning, I woke up with body pains. It struck me with a well-angered energy. How could a reasonable, good morning serve me such a concoction of pains? I wondered, vexed and even hoped Read More
Nov 222012
Control activated in utero Prejudices and mindless superstitions Force-fed into the receptive vacuum Of a birthed vessel A mind lies in waste Filled with mythical ether Passed off as substance. The earth was absent form Read More
Nov 022012
When the war started, we were not perturbed. We have fought much tougher wars and have come out victorious. This we thought will not be an exception- It will soon be over. As far as Read More
Oct 222012
23-02-2008 “So, how did that make you feel?” “Well, obviously… sad. And a bit tired.” “Tired? How do you mean?” “Let’s face it; you have a bit too much of something and it begins to Read More
Oct 192012
On this plateau Where we don’t measure words Or weigh thoughts. Where our eyes see beyond Customs, traditions and diaTRIBES. On this plateau We bask in interminable space; The galaxy is our territory On this Read More