Category: The Poet’s Corner

By Ben EzeohagwuIn motion,you setunseen notion,through writing. Either towardsHeight or depth,in the choice,it lies. In potion,as volition,flows thoughts,onto paper,through writing. Such drums,blessings or hardships,from such writer,to himself,and audiences. Mind the writing,by such echoes,from pen,uplift or debase. Write so as,inform, entertain or record,such archives,be rich in humanity. Ezeohagwu, who won the Onigraffiks Prize for Literature (2017), […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu I. So lawful count be a Catholic, or Protestant, a human you are. Noble thoughts, volitions, and actions, so lawful does  count, before the laws of goodness, as decisive, as first step, Upwards! II. Does not count be an Ahmaddiya, or Ansar Ud Deen, a human you are. Noble thoughts, volitions, and actions, […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu Survivors of the night attacks, we have become in our roots, night gunshots from unknown gunmen, as terror bandits hold sway with their boots. Invade villages, towns, cities, raze many houses, shoot, maim, kill in their loots. Casualties rise, without Hospitals, Police, Courts, in protection and defense, for their hoots. Survivors of […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu May her soul  in peace arises anew, Tolulope Arotile, our dear, upwards as strong breed, towards the Height, on a flight, away from vultures, who are tortures, of our cultures. her audacity, of successful combat missions against terrorism and armed banditry attacks,  a thing of treasure, tribe of Amazon, farewell! our Nigeria’s […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu Happy 86th Birthday, to our very own, Prof. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde SOYINKA, better known as Prof. Wole Soyinka. You have come of more than age at 86, a hallmark of literary ingenuity, woven in theatrical creativity, May your evolvement be through in closing cycle of return, from sphere of this turning point, upwards! […]

By Níyì Ọ̀ṣúndáre (Episodic Variations on the Ripples of a Primal Scream) I I can’t breathe I can’t breathe I can’t bre I can’t I can’t 2020: Black Lives Matter 1965: I AM A MAN There are countless ways Of lynching without a rope The casualties were fewer than we ever expected: 10 Persons & […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu Become an intuillectual, is no gainsaying, but a wise advice, such a mind, a priceless treasure, inspiring, transforming dreams into realities, no longer remain an intellectual, a mind, Soundingly tinct brass, stunted, without warmth, lifeless, archaic. Become an intuillectual, is no gainsaying, but a wise advice, such a mind, a living legend, […]

By Malcolm Little Black In vain man tries to fathom,With the aid of his crown of clay,The content of the tidings i bring,And the extent of what is at play. From the desk of revered scienceCame such a sweetened lie;Beyond certain degrees i’m numbed,Half truth is worse than half baked pie. He knows not whence […]

In memory of an angel that God sent to the world to raise me By Nasiru Oseni There is no easy way   To cope with an unbearable Eternal truth You’ve been gone three years. And I have become The gate keeper With a lingering memory that walks Ceaselessly inside the mind And lights up […]