Category: The Poet’s Corner

By Nasiru Oseni A dry wind careers Through a trillion unkept strands Of greying hairs Distributing the noxious smell Of industrial waste Like an unbridled horse On the third mainland bridge Free of bumps and potholes. The other side Is an endless struggle Through toll gates Of daily expenses, And barricades Of public and private […]

By Victor Emmanuel Uwah May God bless my beloved countrymen, Those with goodwill and sincerity filled, Who, even when ruled by the worst of men, Still aspire to a great nation build. May God strengthen these countrymen’s resolve That no matter the problem we may face With determination they’ll try to solve, Not minding what […]

By Victor Emmanuel Uwah I will bless my soul over and again, That my life on earth has not been in vain. I’d been rejected and a friend to none, But soon my days of loneliness were gone Since that day you said you would be my wife, And that together we will make our […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu IBeware of chatterfull of clatteras a prattleron a platter IIBeware of matterfull of chatteras a trapperin a litter IIIBeware of chatterfull of tatterin a wrapperas a shatter IVBeware of clapperfull of glitteras a triggerfor a capper VBeware of latherfull of patteras a plotterin a totter. Ezeohagwu is the first Black African Writer […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu I What a breed of creed is Nigeria? her weed, full of greed. II What a seed of reed is Nigeria? her field, full of yield. III What a meed of heed is Nigeria? her peed, full of teed. IV What a treed of freed is Nigeria? her need, full of feed. […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu INigeria: a nation of cows,without hows,full of lows,marauding herdsmen,loot our farms,full of arms. IINigeria: a nation of cows,without bows,full of jows,nefarious herdsmen,root our barns,full of harms. IIINigeria: a nation of cows,without pows,full of mows,archaic herdsmen,hoot our dams,full of jams. IVNigeria: a nation of cows,without vows,full of tows,gruesome herdsmen,fool our gams,full of lams. […]

By Nasiru Oseni Death tolls at the toll gate Of stolen lucre Blood flows beneath the bridge Of hidden corpses of grave denials washed ashore Sit down, wave the colonial flag In this place where We have come to die  in search of life The truth can no longer be found Only a camcorder Of […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu I As so deep in our keep,herdsmen strike endlessly,cattle battle in a baffle,just a peep in our seep, Constant turmoilfrom humour of herdsmen,no longer so strangeor new in Nigeria,full of rapes,kidnappings or killings. IIAs we weep in our neepherdsmen stride boldly,cattle prattle in a rattle,just a beep in our beef constant painfrom […]

By Banji Ayoola Without HIM, I would have been Lost! Wasted away, Died off, Useless And hopeless! But because of HIM, I have hope Of living To redeem myself! And with HIS WORD Work on myself Upwards radiantly And jubilantly! Towards The Heights, Towards the LIGHT, Towards THE FATHER! Gratitude!

By Ben Ezeohagwu INigeria at Sixty,in the silky,plot so pretty,in such humanity,by bad roads,pollution from explosions,full of corruptions. IINigeria at Sixty,in the silty,plod so witty,in such crispy,by power outages,poverty from policies,full of traumas. IIINigeria at Sixty,In the kitty,plop so gritty,in such drippy,by poor drainages,bullets from ballots,full of outrages. IVNigeria at Sixty,In the treaty,plow so tricky,in […]