I An Iroko in my father’s compound Younglan Foodie. Strong. Blue whale swimming alongside crayfishes, Younglan Son. First Alpha of the strongest pack of wolves. Younglan Admirer. I A yellow sunflower in a red rose garden. Younglan Quaint. Younglan Louis
Losing my mind When I think too much about a lot at once The flow of a broken tap A thought too heavy Kilimanjaro Like the sting of zuma A solved mystery Torch of insanity Mad bad feeling Hot as the sun My closest enemy A lonely thought, a loud thought, sometimes a lively thought […]
Become Nigeria’s President 2039 I’m a little of Gaddafi, Obama and a splash of Myself. To be fair, I am fair The Mentalist, I’m definitely a lost A burden that brings a certain kind of joy The taste of an unripe lime Cold shower in a Sokoto harmattan Saturday The taste of fried chicken I […]
For goodness sake use the door. Use faith that follows the wind. know the shield holds no grudges with the sun in its mind. Inspire the reasons for becoming night, gather the complains of your dead heart. Let these words reiterate to allow songs in your soul. For goodness sake Do it not for love, […]
Samson Denied him his true love He cried, cried for many nights Sometimes, I feel sorry for him Finding and loving myself is key Like knowing the English alphabets A life-changing decision If I could I would make it right, but I’m sorry I’m I couldn’t make it work out Love is sacred and it […]
There’s something about honesty that is not honest in the dark. The face we make to keep safe in the light And the yimu when we have the chance to. None can really stand out to say, “I am me inside and outside” At one point, we are real Men At another we are ordinary […]
From the corner of their street,you could hear the loud sound of the music played from the sound system with very big amplifiers. It is usually the latest release from our state owned super star, Orlando Owoh. As you approach the house, you can hear her ,singing alone loudly with the musician, she could have […]
AKAKARORO The man spread his arms from the driver’s seat to press down my breast. I tried to move away, further in to the passenger seat,but there were two of us on that seat, the only option I had was to bend a little bit forward to protect my tiny breasts, the size of a […]
Gliding swiftly, as if being guided by an unseen hand, the rogue balloon dodged between the highest branches of the park’s tallest trees. Not once was it hit by a flying frisbee or land tangled in the awkward wings of a duck, flying toward the water’s edge. No, it rested, not by force, but by […]
We must call for a meeting of the high council! We must summon the guardian of our ancestors! Poetic OracLe in ‘Here We Stand’, invokes the greatness in everyone of us to combat the troubles of our time. Download Here We Stand Here Listen on Soundcloud Below
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