WHEN I AM GONE BY OFEM UBI
Dear family My life like every other is a journey A perfect example of a withering flower And every passing day leads me close to my…
THE PERFECT DATE ARENA BY OFEM UBI
We don’t need the beach Where the oceans climb the mountains of our feet Where the teaming stream sings the song of leisure and the sound…
AN ODE TO THE AFRICAN GIRL | OFEM UBI
You were rich like crude oil An innumerable number of breathing glittering gold Your beauty was a silent sermon echoing through vast lands and kingdoms beyond…
THE EYE OF PERSPECTIVES BY OFEM UBI
From the eyes of a singer The world is music Carefully arranged in choruses and stanzas Made possible with strings and keys, beats and drums And…
The Whore House by Ofem Ubi
THE WHOREHOUSE She dances in the shadows As darkness is a word her syllabus are all way too familiar with She’s unstable like the climate And…
WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING BLACK? OFEM UBI
She handed me the book And its title became my muse As I stare at the cover page hoping to find answers to the question that…
BEHIND THE COLLAR BY OFEM UBI
Behind the collar lies blood, dust, marrows and veins Lies mistakes swept beneath the carpet of our Lord’s mercy and grace Behind the collar lies sacrifice,…
LETTER TO DEATH BY OFEM UBI
You come guarded like an arms man Paying deaf ears to the reasons made by your victims You take who you delight in And it’s sad…
Tales Of A Mad Black Girl – Kammie Nsa
Down in illusions, Living in depression. Faked emotions. Miserable Situations. She’s losing her mind. Drowning in the lies she tells, She lost her home, living on…
BRING BACK THE JUVENILE BY OFEM UBI
I miss the days when I was like the boy in the picture I miss the days where I didn’t have to pay for my delinquencies…
FREE BY NTEN MPAMA
Nten is a teenage girl who loves putting her thoughts to paper. Writing is to her what food is to the body. She is a ferocious…
FEEL LIKE HE DID BY OFEM UBI
I am tired of the green grains of cereal you offer me in take away packs I’m fed up with the CL sugary liquids you give…
THE VOICE OF ADAM BY OFEM UBI
You were a subtraction of my sum The genesis of disobedience A formula that diluted my established equations I was content with the authority he delivered…