My Stiff (1) by Alice Ikpi
He’s romantic.. but he’s not the type to call you up by 6am to ask if you had a good night. But he’ll definitely ask u…
Confused in Distraction by Lover | Eke Asibong
How can you be everything I want and be the death of me? How can you say no to me, but your eyes are calling for…
THE TEACHERS PUBLISHED BY Trhymz
I bring the baby from the womb I prepare the body for the tomb I take away the sickness through prescription You all stay alive because…
October 1 Special Recipe | The Lagos Bus Stop by Augustus Bill
“Mile 2! Oshodi!” Voices of drained hustlers filtered the air, as each dressed like the streets they represent paced about snatching passengers. There was no dull…
Dear Dove by Veralyn Ugian
Dear Dove, Everything hurts this night, from the hot steam from my old cooking stove to the cold rainy night and lonely street, preventing me from…
Sad by Julius Deh
On that fateful day, the rain came down in torrents, so much that one would think that the angel kept watching over the tap in heaven…
THE CHOICE by Prince Ekanem
My desires made me callous. Their bare bodies I long to see. Like a thirsty athlete Desires water, my cravings for Porn knew no bounds. No…
Dear My City by Ekene
Dear my city, Stories were once told of How diamonds grew on your soil Of how liaison was your anthem Of how attention was your thing…
IN THE EYES OF A HOMELESS CHILD
There is a pain in the heart, Left with grudge and misery Of a lonesome existence admit the uncertainty, What lies beneath the hundred hopes? Feels…
It’s All Grey
It’s all grey The sage tells of a presage Full of thoughts, talks and all Indicating the bane on the wall Disguised in beauty With a sketch…
This Is Nothing By Oshioke Asada
The gallery opened and so many things were in sight; there was science, there was art, there was nature and then there was nothing. Nothing was…
Ekanem’s Funny Secondary School Memories
It was November 2010 in Christian High school Calabar. I was in ss3 planning to write my WASSCE which most people call WAEC. I was an…
Imperfect Beauty by Rebel writer and Hybrid Optimist | Seph Jae
As a child, I never really liked prince charming and his perfect love stories, they always seemed sort of flimsy and too easy for me. The…