For Anna…. It was always on the sidewalk, Broken like the passing mob chasing the clock Threadbare and slowly aging with the cracks on the walk Welded into the montage of the corner block It’s Read More
May 152013
loss
Apr 302013
I advanced under the pouring rain, unaware of the water seeping through my clothes, unaware of the thunder claps and flashing lightening, unaware of the wet bodies bumping into me, in a bid to get Read More
Apr 122013
All animals are equal Says the writer But some are more equal than others, He wisely concluded. Last night, Yes, the night before this morning light, I had a plight. It was a sleepless Read More
Mar 152013
He sighed. “I’ve never told you this either,” he said to Chudi who was looking on quietly. “Most new people we’ve met don’t ask, and Bimbo is the last person to raise the topic. I’d Read More
Mar 122013
Though I get by, I’m not very good at making friends. In university, I only had two close friends. My girlfriend, Nkechi, left the country after her youth service and we lost contact. As the Read More
Feb 202013
My dearest son, I try to remember the beginning and my memory goes back to immediately after your mum and I got married. Now that I think of those turbulent early years of our marriage, 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 252013
I dragged my bruised and broken heart, onward to my humble abode. I’ll be fine; that I know, It’s just a matter of time. But who am I deceiving? I’m tired, There’s nothing I can Read More
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
Jan 032013
‘Is this not how the white women on TV act when they are angry?’ I asked you. ‘They throw glass things around at their husbands. You were lucky that I didn’t choose to welcome you with a knife or a gun. I wanted a son with your beautiful nose and eyes or else it would have been bullets instead of glass plates.’
Dec 312012
Another look at the call for a revolution in Nigeria.
Dec 292012
It was a rushed evening as Marcus stepped out of the office and turned left towards the car park, struggling to calm his uneasy excitement. He loosened the tie from strangulating his emotions and hastened Read More
Dec 292012
What happened to us, Our acquaintance and all? When we laughed and lived Like jolly birds in a nest. When we loved and joy even on many F(L)IGHTS Beyond fantasies and awe. What happened to 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
Nov 282012
I am life. Papa used to work at the mines Until mama was diagnosed of the signs. At first he took it like the man Cool and calm even when she occasionally missed the can. Read More
Nov 262012
I am life. As an infant, I came to church And of the outside world, never saw much. Father was like the fellowship rector Mother led the board of lectors. Forbidden to ever be a Read More
Nov 232012
I am life. The seed that became me Like all others that are and will be Was sown with intent. But instead of a bulge, I was a dent In the halo of my mother’s 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 142012
A strangeness courses through me One not unfamiliar to my being A warm glow brews inside Anger rises with a raging tide of emotions News of a foul deed Rages across the land Unleashing torrents Read More
Sep 172012
August 14, 2012 7.35am There was a time… A long, almost forgotten time When we would lie in the shade beside the muddy pool Sleeping and basking in the sunset cool That was when life Read More