Land of the dancing fountains The melting pot of beautiful engineering and artistry Grandeur in the embrace of excellence Welcome to Dubai. How can I forget the dazzling night lights of the Marina Or of Read more…
This is a poem about a visit I made to Ekpoma several years ago during my quest for admission into BENSU. I dropped several kilometres away from the school because I saw a small signpost Read more…
This is for all the George Floyd’s out there-“…. I CAN’T BREATHE…. ” Racism is breathing on my face Kneeling on my back Pushing me out of me I can’t breathe. +++++++++++++++++++++ I can’t breathe Read more…
Using sleep like a drug Just to get into the land of dreams Can’t stand my screaming conscience I need to sleep to get away from myself. ******************************* An offender desires the paradise of the Read more…
Covid – 19, just dey ya dey. All dis wan wey you dey para for road, na ya sef you go kill. Ya egungun don enter express. Na to peme remain. I put you on Read more…
WHY I WROTE NOTHING It was a sunless day in the city of my soul The sky and the stars were in deep sleep My soul was trying to talk to my hands through the Read more…
Man is never satisfied. “The question: ‘At what point is my ego finally satisfied?’ The answer: ‘At no point’. And that is the point.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough Have you ever seen a discontented butterfly Read more…
Adapted life We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do – Barbara Ward. Nne, Nne, nne, Nwa Ewu called (screaming his lungs out) Read more…
A life of strange ironies Burial happening at one side of a compound Marriage at the other end of the same compound Men wept for five minutes and crossed over to laugh and feast for Read more…
You were whipped. The lashes caused you many pains. So you opened your mouth to cry. Suddenly there comes a harsh rebuke. “Shut up”….”You want to cry? Are you a girl? If I hear pim”….. Read more…