Poetry by Hauwa

to the light that left before dawn: i am thinking of you, wondering why chicks break away from eggs, and wander far into blind roads leaving shells discarded and crushed to blend eternally with earth the landmarks that define the city of loss? the hills, and slopes, and curves, they reveal themselves day after day …

Hauwa shares an exception with us II

The first thing that strikes one about this lecturer of mine is the fluidity of his sentences. The second is his very peculiar accent. It is the type that leaves you lost and captivated, so much so that you are forced to focus on and listen to him. He had taken us a course during …

THE GODS| Poetry by Femi-oladeji Makanjuola [Maximilian Kastro (M.K)]

THE GODS Were you not there, when my daughter was passed around like a rumour, one camp to another, searching for her lost mother. Were you not there, when my daughter was torn from under by so-called brothers of the area, who anointed her stomach with their body oil. Were you not there, when she …

God speaks in forms and shadows| poetry by D. E Benson

God speaks in forms and shadows I did not fall from the sky or sprout from the depth of a sea --Servio Gbadamosi (Testament) God speaks in forms and I am a shadow in the likeness of thunder   A shadow is the other nature of God and when the sun rides the day men …

The Sins of Nigerian Students Activists: Femi Adeyeye and the Others|By David-Jack Aribima

The news that kept me awake since last night is not the same as the one that broke my heart a few months ago, which later inspired my composition of the poem "Trauma". Though they both have similar effect, this one has nothing to do with the betrayal of love or trust. I would rather …

poetry by amu nnadi

becoming one i hold your hand you fold into every line of my palm     do not speak, beloved i love listening to you when you are silent when your eyes are more eloquent and in their light i find the path to love the way plants grow out of fertile soil seeking life, …

Students Union in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects|By David-Jack Aribima

I have taken myself back to mid last year when, in my hometown, I engaged in a very serious argument with some youths and, if you like, students union stakeholders. Defending my view, I made the following admission: "Some students union leaders have betrayed the struggle. True. Government has not really done much. No doubt. …

ghost writer| poetry by Akuchie Ifeanyi Michael.

ghost writer peculiar feeling stirs up redundant fingers; blank mind becomes a pool of priceless tales waiting to be drawn and fed to the world. sometimes, i am empty carrying myself with the grace of a barrel of echoes. other times, i am a river pouring out the mouth of a pen; black or blue, …

Midnight| by Justin Muodebelu

Midnight. I'm scrolling through different writes on my newsfeed and then I see a wedding picture. A closer look and it's my crush from the uni. With a wide smile I click on it. I wasn't the one who started crushing, she was. Started in 200 level. Our class wasn't so spacious so people who …

– for xxx| by Hauwa| a poem

  loving you is sitting still as held breath, beside a smile on a cliff as the sun draws a floral gown on my face while my body and heart remain unclad as sand on the beach   loving you is swallowing words that keep seeking redemption on my tongue after the heart casts them …