(For Sesan Ajayi) By Harry Garuba there is a lie in every line that rhymes…
Tag: Nigerian poetry
Youth Arise!
by Olamitayo Irantiola We craved for change, We wanted a youth, We got bold representations,…
Dark Sun
by Foluke Okekunjo I just lost a battle, I think I have lost to the…
Age
Contend not with age, It comes appropriately, Visible when hiding, Obvious when unhidden. Deny…
Why?
Why do I love home? Seeing great potentials, When others seek same elsewhere, Hoping for…
ADANNA
Rarely touch the ground, Does not look into one’s face, Stays mute in all discourse,…
PUT
Put on a good listening habit, Put behind the past, Put on a new attitude, Put on the…
GOOD HEALTH
May the skin live long in clothes, May the skin not be hidden for rashes. May the…
THE EGG BEARS IT
The egg bears it, Preparatory to lunch, they egg we want, bathing to go for daily bread, returning to…
LISTEN WELL
Who is wise? Let him come, Wisdom beckons at him. Who can stand? Stand not to hear this, You can’t…