Two Poems by Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim
CAGED BIRDS Once in my childhood I was caught and locked in a cage Like a bird At my small age I lived for long…
Poetry
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Ramadan Poem | Day 11: Remembrance by Onafowokan Taofeek Busayo
Remembrance Have/ I/sold/my/soul/so/cheap// To/ the/spirits// That/devilshed/my/love/ for/ Allah// Have/I/sold/ my/piety/like/the// Valley/sold/its/fertility/to/the hills// Have/I/caused/sickness/to/the// Souls/of/my/brethren// Letting/me/lazy/of/prayer// My/faith/degrading/like/the/rocks// Worn/by/the/agent/of/denudation// My/soul’s/warriors/are/melting// Like/a/candle/under/ a/ blanket/of/fire// My/heart/towards/Allah// Has/been/ weary/and/dried/ of/remembrance//…
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Inhume Mirror by Umar Yogiza Jr | ACEworld
Inhume Mirror i’ve been pursued by dripping haunts silently & the resources within me are lean in my journey of transgress discovery every path is…
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Ramadan Poem | Day 27: Worry Away by Zulikha Idris Babalola
WORRY AWAY As Clay, our worry was…. Who knows? Then sculpted and our worry was to breathe Then we breathed and we worry to swim…
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FWGE Day 7: Reflections by Ntseka Masoabi
On intimate moments of the silent night, the music dances smoothly in the other room, the glitter, staining the wrinkled cream-white sheets, marks a trail…
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Ramadan Poem | Day 24: Paintings by Onafowokan Taofeek Busayo
PAINTINGS If i could learn how to paint a living soul I could paint one for you Drenched in a blood chain That makes the…
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Poetry: Atonement; poem by Opia-Enwemuche Maxwell Onyemaechi
Atonement today, I was scared to death// as I took my bath under a shower// I could see my sins emerging as lather// before my…
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Picture Poetry: Three Poems by Akintoyese
1. 2. 3. Biography: Akintoyese hails from Osun State. A post graduate student at University of Ibadan and an unyielding literary critic. His range of…
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FWGE Day 5: Worship as a Symptom of Love by Pamilerin Jacob
the taste of your nectar is sweet on my lips shrouding my soul in lunar eclipse – LXXXVIII, 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess to…
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Poetry: A Man Dies in Different Ways by Nnadi Samuel
-Two moons ago; we bleached the sky into a flush of scarlet baobab.. -squeeze trunks of her tears, their branches heavy with rain.. -sunbathed her…