Wole Salami 2016 © MUSING OF A NYCTOPHILE I am endarken by the night. The hue of the moon adds a glow to my melanin In darkness I find solace. The profundity of my silhouette The light cannot unravel In my mind lies the inscrutable secret of creation. I am the fertile, moist, loamy soil With […]
Ola Falola CHOKED! Choked is that feeling I felt, In this clime where dream don’t exist. As tangible as reality Occupying space in time Saturating my being Under the burden of care Bestowed by unpleasant existence. Choked is that life I lived In this land where dream don’t live. As rigid as unchanging law Existing […]
OLA FALOLA WHEN I AM NO LONGER ME When the time, as it must finally come And my dark hair grey it has turned My white teeth then brown stained And my shinning skin is all but a wrinkle lump Will I still be the man you once loved when I am no longer me? […]
Shola Aluko FIGHT ON The cruelest of us all Has a phobia indoors The weak Saint of all Own a weapon untouched Keep your sight off my stature judge me not by my weapon Small weapon can down a god Freely, I say this more No weapon is too small Atimes big weapons do flop […]
OLA FALOLA M. THE NATIVE SONS OF NIGERIA The West African Examination Council, WAEC recently changed its literature syllabus. Among the newly introduced texts for African and non African prose are two important and interesting novels. Faceless is an African prose written by Amah Darko a Ghanaian author while Native Son is a non African […]
Prinx Maurice Soles In Illusory Motion Illusory movement so captivating yet abysmally bereft of self-destination Driven rigidly by the quest for self assertion and preservation They arrogantly trample upon the downtrodden Forgetting so importantly the sacredness of individual purposes Lives snuffed out just at the prime of fulfilling promises Clothed and shrouded in apparel so […]
Pleasant Maurice THE WELCOMED, YET UNWELCOMED GUEST OH! oh! Oh! What thou am i feeling? Here above my stomach Straight positioned to my sacred vault Oh! what thou am feeling A creeping sound and a shattering noise Echoing out through my lovely eardrum. Ouch! ouch! hmm! Is this a sting from a gun wound? Still […]
If you must get on your knees, let it be for the purpose of prayer to God. Never allow your knees on the ground so easily before men for any purpose. Stand tall and stand firm. The world is at your feet. You are a Giant! Giants don’t easily kneel.
Prinx Maurice One Step At A Time Each day comes with feelings and expectations Expectations that the bliss of yesterday should be visible in our today And that the beauty of today be present in our tomorrow We wish for continuous fellowship Warmth provided in the company of each other That our path be the same […]
Prinx Maurice My Unenviable Situation A little more patience A little more restraint A little more perseverance Would have made this moral dilemma not to be Now I have to make a decision Either way, some parties must be hurt No matter how much I try to ameliorate the situation, pain must be felt Now […]