Mama Naija | A Fantastic Poem by Chris Fridae
Only years before, she was a giant among her peers, Now life spears her to drown her in tears. Just last year, mama got married again.…
IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME
Victoria Victor is a talented poet from the English and Literary Studies department at the university of Calabar.
Feelings Unknown
Sometimes I wonder Do they care like I do? Do they notice my absence? Do they remember me when they pray? If I was taken away…
THE WRITER’S FRUSTRATION
I’m restless… I want to write! I pick up my pen,I pick up my paper But there are no words! Everything is in disarray. Where have…
“I KNOW Boys(SELF LOVE)”
I know boys who are trying to blend into the social norm Like squeezing to fit into their skinny jeans I know boys who are low…
Short Poem – When I Die
When I die, People will pick up their phones, And begin asking how I died, And yet they never picked up their phones To call me…
Poem: Idara
g She cried Make-up smeared Clothes in disarray Incessantly, she cried. He moaned Rhythmically thrusting A “press-up” exercise In ecstacy, he moaned. She fought Nails dug…
Poem: Hell Shall Thy
So here i sit, On a hostel bed carelessly maltreated by its customers As my thoughts begin to get obsessed with the idea The idea of…
Poem: Dear Eve, I Will Wait
DEAR EVE(I WILL WAIT) Dear Eve., I know we haven’t met yet but At night the organs of my thoughts bed wet with fear Every morning…
What’s The Best Thing In The World
What’s the best thing in the world? June-rose, by May-dew impearled; Sweet south-wind, that means no rain; Truth, not cruel to a friend; Pleasure, not in…
Dear Lecturer
Dear lecturer This is a message from a wounded heart Whose white walls have been stained by the black paints of your actions Whose tear bleeding…
Life Behind the Pen
Sometimes i get afraid of being called a poet Because i feel am way below standard I feel my words are yet literally sterilized enough to…
There’s Got to Be More
We are tired of the status quo There has got to be more to life than Us Us Us School School School Work Work Work There…