Theme: Flower in a rock Jimeta Umar They left one stone unturned, it was at the corner They wanted it to be simple so they cast them in stone They never imagined plants growing from concrete, but again who would have thought of a rolling Stone? For a flower in a rock, I will pay […]

Theme: Sour Sin Poet!c Oracle Lead me to the beach of paradise. watch me build castles of better design. At knee high, I did a lot of things vile. Now I bask in light! Tis righteousness that flesh must die! Oluwaseun Okunlola Free, unfettered, soaring, nothing held back or reserved. No pleasure pot unfathomed. All […]

Theme: Witches and Heavens Poet!c Oracle Goblins, ghouls, witches and sorcerer Come take me lord, sweet lord, to your high heavens Even as goblins, ghouls, witches and sorcerers claw at my heart… Mutilate my soul. Oluwadamilola Hybrid Wings by wings Entities unseen Hidden in the clouds Their intentions conflict Desmond Adeoye-Adetoba Bloodstained skies sealed in […]

Theme: Poetry From A Poet’s Tree Poet!c Oracle Which should I pluck? Oh my shaky fingers, snatch my soul’s Eve with your serpentine lies Thus the Oracle teach us to number our days! Prophesying that, family tree is not just three score and ten,  But seeds yet ‘unsown’, hearts yearning for love, desperate for death […]

Theme: Hollow Dreams Poet!c OracLe With twinkling eyes and hairs of fire, Ruby came, scourged with desire. Just like 1960, like imaginary change, I claimed every inch of her purple knitted soul. climaxing in the wonderland of her streams, valleys, and hills. Once upon a dream. Vera Bonny I traced the stars, Wandered off grid, […]

Theme: Days of the gods Poet!c Oracle Set me loose, from this flesh of man! The ways of men are inferior! Off their diverse plagues I live superior! Home! Home! Eternal father i call! NorthPriest Judha Not we all live to exhaust our Celestial privileges. Strange relation Between now and never,old and fore circumstances.   […]

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 […]