May 282013
pain
May 212013
Mommy and Daddy are fighting again. They would never say it but I know it is about me. I am seven years old but I can’t sit, can’t talk and can’t walk. All I do 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 122013
Like lighting she came Like a gentle sea breeze on a hot afternoon On the beach shore Thick and full her hair fell on her eyes Like a fine silky curtain hanging over the window 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
Apr 262013
I wasn’t at the hospital on the day you were born. There is no real story behind it. I was at the joint drinking. That’s where my father was when I was born and where Read More
Apr 192013
Aunty Patience emerged from the house minutes after Clara had entered back in the house and met me sitting on the soak away crater. ‘Where is Clara?’ she asked. ‘I am here’ Clara replied from Read More
Apr 142013
The first of a serialization from my booklet on Nigeria from 1966-1970.
Mar 152013
‘So that means the semester is over?’ John asked with his usual quizzing look. ‘Perhaps,’ Nnanna replied. ‘We won’t give them what they want. Besides, we don’t have it.’ Nnanna and his bosom friend, John 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
Feb 122013
With tears i fall At snail’s pace i plummet into another space Hoping you will catch me I fall like every time Breaking myself into every parts I hold out hands to clutch yours To 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
Feb 062013
Our relationship became more advanced after that. We now began to touch each other more and soon our shirts were coming off. We hardly ever cuddled and watched TV anymore without it quickly turning into Read More
Feb 022013
It was an electrifying moment… tension hung thick in the air. It was the finals of the 2014 World Cup, and for the first time, an African team had made it to the very finals. 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 242013
The year was 2002. Was a freshman of Grange University in Baltimore where I studied International Relations when we met for the first time. We were classmates studying the same course and because we Read More
Jan 242013
With the fight now out of me, I just sat quietly. With one swoop movement, the Bodyguard who had sat by me and had said nothing all these while held my legs and with 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 182013
It’s amazing how people take the little things in life for granted. Especially rich kids and some razz girlfriends who have real good, rich, generous boyfriends. Can you imagine my roommate Linda was having a Read More
Jan 172013
Oh That’s Why! David knew how problems were blessings, they built backbone. His parents died early and he was raised as a house servant moving from one place to another till the age of fourteen Read More