FWGE Day 12: A Tale of Two by Tukur Ridwan
two lovers are warriors holding each other’s hearts like weapons to fight their inner demons to obliterate the storm threatening their inner peace— an unforseen…
two lovers are warriors holding each other’s hearts like weapons to fight their inner demons to obliterate the storm threatening their inner peace— an unforseen…
The monkey & Nun sense I knew of a nunshe was an admirer of punbut preaches against pun-ographyindeed, a decisive figure with hypocrisy Standing on…
As for the lunar month We sniff and smear Await time Burning Like the darkness of the night This is for the sacred days We…
(for the Dutch poet Joop Bersee) I have nowhere to go. The nurse had a mouthful to say. Her tongue got tangled up in the…
Infatuate a poet for he’ll bathe you in Styx: The words you whistle, tune you warble, And smile you wear will never be dead; They’ll…
Do you know howThe rooms of a heart that longs for life look like?There is a table of two there—Where you can worship the picture…
& sometimes being beautiful is the only way to escape fire you’re cutting your body with music trying to discover how an empty city dissolves…
Ten up-and-coming African poets have been announced as the shortlist for the seventh Brunel International African Poetry Prize, a major annual prize aimed at the…
To celebrate world festival of poetry and promote peace, below are four published poems by Ghanian poets: 1. Found Song ‘…Bob Marley’s one love fades…
Minors are those less than eighteen, As they don’t have knowledge in keen. They don’t have a driving licence, As don’t have driving sense. Minors…