Theme: Solitude David Oracle Onotu There is much that i cannot clothe with words There is much more That only sighs can unveil Now that you’ve left me. Umar Jimeta Like a lone wolf, i have no need for a pack Like a misfit, I welcome the benefits of a pariah Like you and me, […]

Theme: Mirror Oluwadamilola Hybrid Mirror mirror Who is the fairest of them all?  Loser, conqueror.  Both wielded a sword.  Bash Amuneni Mirror paint me in contrasting shades ; nifty and clear pluck at the underside of conscience and loop the world to heed the chilling chatter beyond these cracked walls  Andrew Patience Hide not the […]

Theme:  Dear Diary Leonell Echa Dear Diary, With Vera as Captain the case has been different You’d either take it Hot and Cold, or have a Longing to Seize the day! And this is not the worse she can do. Adios! Vera Bonny Dear Diary, Last night I didn’t sleep a wink, With every creeping […]

Theme: Carpe Diem Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba. What profits a life cocooned in a shell?                                Armoured shields or gifts of years unmeasured?                                  Life within the frame […]

Theme: Longing Sam Ojiyi Desires burned to ashes in fires and blew away with the wind Love gave birth to biting obsessions and the pain of labor they bring Stretched beyond the perception of  being a misunderstood fiend Poetry in motion drowned in oceans of love potions, she is… Oluwadamilola Hybrid Your body..  Curves and […]

Theme: Hot and Cold Oluwadamilola Hybrid Hot and cold.  Life’s simple code.  Tragedy unfolds.  Before success untold. HighPerMind I laid still to catch my breath between the fire and a feel of ice. Burnt in half as the offering, I was half to the ground ashes. Numb, mute and frozen Still was my other half. […]

Theme: Muffled Voices Oluwadamilola Hybrid Eerie air.  Strands of hair.  Standing on the edge.  Of faint muffled waves.  Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba In the horde of multiple voices lay the symphony                                Yet three became the loudest and cacophonous.         […]

Theme: Memoirs of a cabbie Oluwadamilola Hybrid Number 10, Watford street Four of them stopped my taxi Two minutes into the journey Four had become two through the rear view mirror Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba Day 1. The epileptic engine spluttered to life.                         Day 2. […]

Theme: Thorns and Roses Leonell Echa She killed a wolf and the Fae arose This is not a tale of minions Her passion and guilt were purely rose Now she bears this crown…or thorns Oluwadamilola Hybrid Good and evil Together in wholesome rhythm Roses are beautiful It’s thorns inevitable Vera Bonny He was the thorn, […]

Theme: The Guilt Leonell Echa Many were called but few responded Did the others find defeat? ‘Cos Mary had found what he never wanted… And it did smell like feet. Oluwadamilola Hybrid I erred, i begged, you forgave. I’m here still filled with the guilt. If in my heart still dwells an unease. It must […]