LET THERE BE LIGHT   It was our Genesis The beginning of a continuation Of our potentials’ quick Exodus   Then every ruler shouted promises From electricity (ropes) to hope: ‘Let there be light!’   [...]

Is it to your elegance That our inks dance In this tirade of misfortune?   What filth oozes forth from your Imperial sore Of misruled rulership   Wouldn’t your eardrums Be tickled by the drumming [...]

BRIDGE FOR BIRDS Build me a bridge for birds Flying forth In wings carrying truth The wind blessed carrier Charting the course

Inductive flows in myriad voices - Book Review Dancing Naked is a collection that boasts seventy-one poems in three parts viz. Dancing Naked; Voiced Notes and Places, from different ‘poets of different generations, tune and [...]

“The chicken that always rushes to pick the grains from the Master’s hands is not foolish – he simply has not heard the tale of the visitor’s meat; of Easter; Thanksgiving and Christmas.”

Efe stood with a hard resolve. His face hardened in determination as if he was afraid that a little freer, he would lose his decision. He looked around at his thatched hut. It was leaking [...]

When you see me laughing Yes, My sweet gapped teeth Nineteen, Sixty, Fifty or whatever Number showing Full toothed Grinning Yet deep throat… winning…   I must have eaten full My stomach slitting The calabash [...]