Scholarship | a (de)centered poem by Deji Adesoye
I built a house for my chicks in March, Three by six meters hard wood & iron We built a low wall beneath a Wire mesh, which climbed all’d way […]
PRESS RELEASE: Garlaxïs® Launches 1st Iced Kolanut Beverage
Garlaxïs Company has launched its iced kolanut beverage product Kolffity® in Nigeria, starting its sale and distribution from Nigeria’s market city Ibadan. According to the company website, Garlaxïs’ Kolffity is […]
Sand Castle | a poem by Andrew Shields
We dug the moat when the tide was halfway out and used the still-damp sand for walls– one right behind the moat and then three more to form a square […]
She Sits Her Basket in the Market Stall | a poem by Deji Adesoye
My poetry is a black woman She has broad shoulders and they’re strong letters Broad black shoulders that hold brassieres Of perseverance and strength And beauty and lust, And the […]
Eyelids of an Eclipse | a poem by Deji Adesoye
Virtue is first in the looks; Your dark shelly temple The eyebrow thereof The eyelids of an eclipse The vigilance of an owl Your pout of mouth The kettle of […]
An Ode to My Night Bride | a poem by Olatunbosun David
Your glory stands out amidst the black night O my angel of light And your beauty dispels the shadow of the covering cloud Like a stationary ball in the face […]
Reminiscence | a poem by Oluwafemi Popoola
For should I recall anything at all Of trinkets obtained in memory’s shawl It will be the warmth of your smile Which I had loved long since, and lost awhile […]
gongs | a poem by Oluwafemi Babasola
the songs of a gong are not to be listened to without the ears of elders war chants should not be sung by mouths whose eyes have not seen heads […]
A Baby Cries | a poem by Olatunbosun David
A baby cries For breast or mother’s attention For want of sister’s dance around Or sometimes for lullaby In her tears I notice a desire Or explanation of a desire […]
Facing Earth | a poem by Lawal Mutalib Tunde
One wants to see your gains Who cares about your pains? One wants to eye your crops Who knows about watering it? Unwanted grass grows rapidly Insects devoured every crop; […]
