4:10pm, Lekki-Ajah Expressway, opp. Ikota Shopping complex. ‘What’s this stupid girl doing?’ Bus driver Y is yelling. ‘She’s about to get herself killed’, that’s a passenger talking. ‘She has no earphones on, is this a suicidal attempt?’, another passenger. ‘Get out of the way, omo ale’, a thug grabs the stupid girl’s arm and drags … Continue reading SHADOW KISSED (‘Flash Life’) by Yvonne Onyinye
The moon still shines in its broad smile it laughed in your chuckle and dimpled in your giggle it was hiding but your beauty brought it out now the creases are straightened the wrinkles smooth. Who can fathom the length of day— the harshness of every descending ray? In the coolness of the night we … Continue reading THE MOON STILL SHINES (A POEM) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
(For those who love without ceasing individually and an ailing nation) He sighs… The dizzying crisscross of her steps no longer stir his passion much like her physical fashion her flowing hair long gone wild glistens no more. He is beguiled and cheated as he sees her in reality a lady of sorts different from … Continue reading LOST (In Mad Blues)
If ever I knelt Before the very altar of God I’d shed no tears Compared to this river flowing And the drums playing Within my heart I call it murder I stare in utter wonder The way you walk in such perfection And yet stir in me Such pitiless emptiness It’s hard to tell And … Continue reading Cross My Soul (A Poem) By Leah Sewuese Anyo
Bless the inky winds flapping my winged thoughts flying that increases the glory of the sun lighting the love The various lines and rhymes metaphors, imageries and times None compare to the best – Not the many successes I crave nor the anguish and fear of the grave none more is close to the … Continue reading BLESS THE INKY WINDS
The only thing that was on Primkwap’s mind and had been for a long time now was Hemba. Since he had first seen her, he had been going gaga. He was tripping for her and he knew that he was soon going to fall. He would have loved to approach her but he had a … Continue reading HYPNOSIS (A SHORT STORY)
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