Theme Purity Oluwaseun Okunlola The purist sought purity through and through. The chemist said it was untrue. I for one searched top, bottom and middle And found it did not ring always true. Leonell Echa I’m unaware of the word But i am of God If good is to heart that is pure Then bad […]

Theme His Trojan Horse Umar Jimeta Achilles had his tendon, but that his weakness Hercules had his strength, but Zeus didn’t need a goddess Samson fell for Delilah, and his gift she came to destroy All they had to do was burn the horse. but the gods are to blame for the fall of Troy […]

Theme: Rudolph the slam charm champ! Leonell Echa Dear Rudolph, I heard you’re rich now A real G would go for a spare magazine, but i’d say Go for Gold Besides, you’ve killed enough already. Sincerely yours…Dolphin Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba The Ruddapoet with the poetic rudder Steering words in patterns of tingling rhymes Our minds you’ve […]

Theme: She was my country Bash Amuneni She was a country… A yard sprawling in feats of virgin intentions “Shagged” in multi tones of lure in oily sedation To a tang of rust and a cherry of hope- she was a country GrandS.U.N In-timidated, Timi dated Initiated, In-tense…Present continuous? Obvious scars, black eyes evidenced receipts, […]

Theme: Kunta is a Black name Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba Kunta is the name of the black young soul Whisked across the Atlantic in cargo ships of crammed spaces Chains gagging  and DNA looping to keep in root-check Even when the lashing whip viciously christens Toby. Leonell Echa As a black name, Kunta feels darker with a […]

Theme: Roses are Red. Sam Ojiyi Blue skies fell and the heavens pissed in the wind While thirsty souls with wide open mouths drank from the rain Heartless drainage where vengeful oceans of emotion flood Cliches tire, yes Roses are red; but so also is blood Leonell Echa Was it poets who purchased that phrase? […]

Theme:  1984 Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba The Big Brother became clothed with the eye Tongues twisted into newspeak and doubled Thoughts now the crime monitored in Room 101 All to a deviant beginning in 1984 Prudence Obadan-Enujiofor One thousand nine hundred and eighty four heads; the sword counted in victory. I failed! I failed! It roared and […]

Theme: If Green Was A Number Hypermind If green was a number it will be zero,before one and all will still be perfect. It will still be the beginning of creation, no end, and still feel the uncensored air blowing our silky veils away. We wouldn’t fear drifting apart from earth. But if only green […]

Theme:  Maya Angelou Umar Jimeta Up along the Andes through the Nazca line exists a tribe They worried not for pen or paper-they just didn’t think the pen was mightier than the sword So they cut down the weeds, slaughtered their enemies and planted to feed They called themselves the Maya, she wrote herself a […]