Plangnan The name father calls the ‘unserious’, lovely dreamer Who is the daughter of Abundance Does she love a good book, her bed and family in friends? That makes the dreamer who fears, laughs and cries all at once She happens to be a writer, talker and learner She comes from a town that trades […]

Depression It is like a black coloured cloud That reeks of an old sewage sucked into a cloth with perfume sprayed on it Accompanied by loud and subtle voices leading nowhere As you seek cover from the fresh feeling of goose bumps at the back of your head Because it looks like an old haggard […]

Attending factors Bring to mind this necessaries Could it be the maker made one impossible to Date one without the other? Every form of existence, me thinks Frolics one with the other -Jennifer Dafwat ————————— As water flows into the Nile Blood flows the same from the heart Cardiac like a river bank Divided through […]

Airplanes. Grey dust Twirling , twisting and turning It’s you or never Carrier. Hypermind Woman Seductive, confused coming, going, winding like wind Human. -OracLe Tornado Violent, dark Raging , spinning, funneling heart wrenching cold Storm. Vera Life, Gleeful, sorrowful Whirling, exciting, maddening Testaments of time Living.. AP David Fast, swift Raging, charging, whirling Like wind […]

I met a new friend today under the rain By the end of our lives He had extracted all my knives I realize bonds are sometimes worth the pain Bond is a Rispetto Pain is a Nonet Between lies the Sonnet To disrupt the concerto Concerto will haunt this guitar when fingers smooch the wood, […]

All our thunderous cheers Have been reduced to a grinding whisper If onions draws tears Why do we cut through it and whimper.-Vera —————————————- It’s been a week of African proverbs,themes and poets writing. Hurray to the oracle! Carving words triggering the brain into fighting. Hurray to the obstacle!  =Bangwan —————————————– Ibukun has found the […]

You My star Shines ever Nothing compared Your smile illuminates my heart at night, I’m at ease too, when lost in some strange land In you I hope For my light Brighten Path, Your Cute sparks Charming all Who do seek joy As the lovers gaze at thy in the dark – Hijab Gurl ——————————- […]

The Chichidodo Hates feces  but eats its worms Aunty’s hot black pot Boils for many to feed one- Soils the thumb to chop the hand The owl pleasures night. “Chiamaka did you hear? This ration will bite; Soups are served in flat leaf plates. One’s bowel has slit our guts.” – Leon ———————————- Her okra […]