Come dance with me Omoge Sewa to rewa Allow me drown in the Power of your amulet Come close to my right Don’t hide your brilliance from my eyes Come close to my left Read More
Apr 102013
rhymes
Mar 012013
TIME IN A BOTTLE – ILERIOLUWA (SENGA) I did time once Yeah, I did time in a bottle Locked up in the green ones And the keys thrown down the bottom Flaming stream coursing through Read More
Nov 172012
I met a damsel named Rebecca Who has the face of an angel sent from heaven. Now I’m hoping she’s not a heart breaker …Because she’s got me thinking of her 24/7! Alas, my Rebecca Read More
Nov 152012
The story started In perfect garden Eden Where Man and God never parted, Till the Serpent made the garden his den! An apple forbidden Was brought to Eve’s eye. And they did eat, at Satan’s Read More
Nov 132012
Only those who believe In their dreams of dark nights Can the laurel of victory receive. … Bring out the drums And beat a tune for our legs, Rhythm to bring to life our fat Read More
Nov 062012
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 Read More
Oct 292012
You are the slender sugarcane
Swaying with grace
In the threads of the evening rain.
Oct 132012
You that say Nigeria is but a map And call that we knife out borders – No more sisters and brothers! Here I’ll brew for you a poetic slap! If you will, laugh – drunken Read More
Oct 112012
She is the personification Of beauty in motion. She is the notes on the sheet That guides the drummer’s beat. She is the scent of the rose Come, let her tease your nose She Read More
Oct 102012
I know the tales of the past But which one is true, I do not know. … They said the white ones came And our elders smiled Into neck chains. I heard they came – Read More
Jun 072012
Like a fish out of water Out of my turf I sulk From wàrds to the birth centre With confused steps I walk All because you’re not here Learning to make decisions Gaining much experience Read More
May 302012
IN THEIR EYES Three little kids Crunching on stale salted biscuits Barefoot, they padded along the crowded street Sweaty grime on hungry faces Empty tummies grumbling in hollow places Unseen by the world they line Read More
May 132012
The banana tree nods its head to the pawpaw tree in the yard They exchange their leaf colored salutations, urged on Ceaselessly by the gentle but firm Stirring of the wind. But when did I Read More
May 042012
As I stood and watched The soldiers passed by Dragging him who’d brought Joy to many lives I didn’t understand Why they hit him so They pulled him through sand Maybe they didn’t know See Read More
May 032012
His words were of a tomorrow to die for And his kisses lit up fires she never knew about before A clueless, graceful passerro With a shy smile that projects Purity and innocence of her Read More
May 012012
I know a lady, who stole a man’s heart, Whose eyelids lured his soul to knit. With skillful pains she captured his hymn. In a crater of lustful orchestral, They sang away in abundant laughter. Read More
Apr 282012
My BiRtHdAy WiSh. By Clemency; the masterpiece On our special day we all have something to say. Something to wish for Something we never had before. A younger me would have wanted a toy. But Read More
Apr 262012
It’s late in the night I’m struggling to write Words that would seem right A dirge to a one time friend See there was this girl I used to know well How long? I can’t Read More
Apr 142012
When a woman loves a man, Why does she do all she can, Why does she ‘die’, as it seems, Just to show that she loves him? Why not love him in her heart And Read More
Mar 132012
Again my eyes are going fog Atune the hoots of giant frogs My days blaz’d like a lazy candle In ticks of 2nds too swift to handle I don’t even have a Read More