Month: June 2019

#TGIF How do you describe a shadow? For most, that formless, voidless, entity that escorts us everywhere is not only an extension of our physical bodies but a true reflection of our insides. SHADOWS  A shadow around, A shadow within, It came knocking Making its company palpable, Eventually disappearing into thin air.   A shadow… Continue reading SHADOWS

In the spirit of throwbacks, allow me to share a piece I wrote a couple of years ago on female discrimination and oppression. I wrote this as a poetic narrative piece in the first person. This was actually my entry to a poetry contest organized by Words Rhyme & Rhythm. I didn't win the contest,… Continue reading IT IS TIME

Hi everyone, Today we feature a piece not only for its aesthetic excellence but for the message its eloquence preaches. As we know, literature in all its forms should serve as a vanguard to the society it stems from. In fulfilling the obligations of literature, it serves as a tool to resist oppression in the… Continue reading Politricks, Games, and Heresies

Hello Sunday, We have something for you- A whimsical piece that calls for home. If you have ever been away from home and longed for home while hoping to make your new home, home; confused yet? Well, this marvelously written piece is for you. The verses of this poem may resonate with you. They are… Continue reading Home

This is a motivational piece written to awaken the giant within us. It's a soul-stirring call to greatness, the key to which is Vision. How can you desire what you don't or cannot see? It is what the eyes see, the mouth waters for. Question: What do you see? VISION EMPIRE 1. Vision dwells in… Continue reading Vision Empire

This gut-wrenching piece pulls at the heart’s strings. It may be categorized as dark poetry, I'd rather call it 'Naked Poetry'. Here the poet-persona tries to lay bare himself by sharing his struggles with depression and bad habits. Writing about how he hid behind a façade because he couldn’t open up to the rest of… Continue reading Broken Warrior, Broken Wings

June is for poetry and of all the colours that make up poetry, love is the prettiest. This piece is something for the lovers, a sincere unpretentious expression of a man's feelings for his heartthrob. This down-to-earth piece gives an unfiltered sight into the terrains and pathways that are the heart of a man when… Continue reading Dame Like You

More than ever before Nigeria is facing a tragedy in the alarming increase in suicide. More pathetic is the fact that such news has lost its shock effect since it is so rife. It is also no surprise that the buck of those caught in this irreversible heart-wrenching web are the youths- the future of… Continue reading Poetry: RIP (A Letter to those who committed suicide)