FWGE Day 20: Our Names by Uche Amaobi
Like the gazelle of the south, you are benignant. Sonnets, in standard lines, would tell tales of your…
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Being Black At 20; Poem by Chanda Chongo
Being Black At 20 What goes on in your mind when your father’s wife tickles a piece of…
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FWGE Day 13: Akanni Mi by Ayorinde Ayotimofe Sharon
Akanni mi, Those mornings while alone, I craved an imaginary lover. So many paintings that loved me When…
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Poetry: Mama, Worry No More by Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu
Mama, Worry No More Flashback To the days hunger became our tailor Dressing us in the best attire…
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Ramadan Poem | Day 2: On Arrival by Onafowokan Taofeek Busayo
Last time, it was a farewell message Followed in a suit of cleansed hearts Flapping wings around the…
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Ramadan Poem | Day 18: In Needs and In Needs by Onafowokan Taofeek Busayo
In Needs and In Needs Come shield me with the strength That let the soul struggle to live…
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FWGE Day 4: A Lost Butterfly by Oladipo Abiodun Jacob
Give me a piano, and my fingers will find musicbut when absence lives in my wallswhat music will…
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Ramadan Poem | Day 16: Last Day by Onafowokan Taofeek Busayo
Last Day Fire falls Thronging amongst the leaves Leaving us fear The day the heavens Will be shattered…
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Tribute To Ikeogu: Before The Chiming by Godwin Nketus
Before The Chiming My brain slipped on bananaSkin of ratiocination – if deathCan twist light into turgid murk….
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Poetry: Reincarnation; Poem by Olovo Chidubem Emmanuel | ACEworld
Reincarnation If I’m to come here a second time I shall stay off the blacks boundary Where truth…