Archives Tag: poem
LIBERTY 3.0: A Young Writers’ Workshop
April 19, 2022
The Love Eternity Foundation, an NGO based in Lagos with the objective of creating positive mind-shifts by running programmes for youth, will be hosting the third edition of her writers’ workshop on Saturday, 18th May 2019. Liberty Do words stand a chance against state machinery? Can poems, short stories and film actually make a difference in our Nigerian … Continue reading LIBERTY 3.0: A Young Writers’ Workshop
By guestpost
Chukwumerije Dike at the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit
April 19, 2022
Every year, people across the economic industry and the nation come together to share ideas and give an in-depth analysis of all the major economic interactions both across the globe and the local domains. They discuss the impact these interactions have on the different segments of our nation’s economy. Since the first Nigerian Economic summit … Continue reading Chukwumerije Dike at the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit
By adepeju
Poem: The Whittled
April 19, 2022
Nothing there was, wasn’t whittled Whether a skill or an ideal or life’s simple things Win or lose, you whittled that Sink or swim, you whittled that too Even God whittled man from the dust of the ground Then, whittled woman from the flesh He’d bound The whittler, not the talker, wins respect For only … Continue reading Poem: The Whittled
By nehijesu
Poem: Ode to my Better Half
April 19, 2022
There goes my friend, Who winds round my heart like a thread. With smiles so beautiful to rule, Bounding both hearts without glue. Though I own no clock to prowl, Nor a cock to crow, The whispers of thy breath, serves a wake up call. But in thy absence, the day shines so dull. If … Continue reading Poem: Ode to my Better Half
By guestwriter
Poem: An Ode to Time
April 19, 2022
Time…Time…Time What a privilege to note your existence, Your performance is never unequal. One time, you seem like a ‘slow and steady’ wins the race Another time, it’s like you build up enormous speed like a jet in the runway…O Precious time, Why art thou insatiable, No matter how big or small thy size is, … Continue reading Poem: An Ode to Time
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Poem: The Broken Nigerian Dream
April 19, 2022
I sang the national anthem and recited the pledge with great passion as a child. I believed the words of these writs, so I stayed away from deviance and developed strong dedication for my studies. I believed in Nigeria as a child. I read the histories of our heroes past, bore the fascination in my … Continue reading Poem: The Broken Nigerian Dream
By guestwriter
Poem: Living For You
April 19, 2022
Live your life how you may It is your life after all Wake up to make the hay And the sun shines for all Do it or not, it is what it is You run the race to make all glad But the more you do, all seem mad But how long shall you … Continue reading Poem: Living For You
#SundaySpecial: Fathers Are Wonderful People (Poem)
April 19, 2022
Fathers are Wonderful People Fathers are wonderful people Too little understood, And we do not sing their praises As often as we should… For, somehow, Father seems to be The man who pays the bills, While Mother binds up little hurts And nurses all our ills… And Father struggles daily To live up to “HIS … Continue reading #SundaySpecial: Fathers Are Wonderful People (Poem)
By ify
Poem: You Are a Man
April 19, 2022
Mine is with pen, paper and paintMy father’s was cement, shovels, knives and paintNot but a thousand miles close to the treeI am the black apple so loose it seeks to be freeYou are now a man! Or so not? Take a wife or manyBe as a cheetah, quick to put a child in her … Continue reading Poem: You Are a Man
By guestwriter
Fun Fridays: A Tribute to Good Friends
April 19, 2022
It is Friday and many of us are anticipating spending our two days of rest with loved ones and good friends. Spending time with friends is one of the highlights of life, as good friends are the people that we share significant moments of our lives with. Whether it’s laughing at funny events that happen … Continue reading Fun Fridays: A Tribute to Good Friends
By elizabeth
A Trip to Vengeful Bliss – In Loving Memory of Kofi Awoonor
April 19, 2022
A noonday touchdown A drive to Maiduguri On the wings of pyrrhic victory Veiled away –Uhuru She could not have led ‘em Yet again she could From sweet vengeful factories To hell on earth indeed A fiendish blot out Of cold and heat Removed from buried hatchet From grunts and bleats In the blazing desert … Continue reading A Trip to Vengeful Bliss – In Loving Memory of Kofi Awoonor
By nehijesu
Poem: To Mother with Love
April 19, 2022
O’ Sleep my little baby, don’t you cry Exquisite, soothing, her voice a melody from the temples of Heaven The best life has ever known Beautiful she is, a collection of pearls, on a jaded stone Tender like petals of white Roses, her touch Her words, fragrance from an open door With precisions, praises and … Continue reading Poem: To Mother with Love
By kobe
Poem: Bury Me On Wounded Knee
April 19, 2022
In the field of Marsada, tears cascade, like dark clouds and rain, slowly I cry, Images of my thoughts fade, wilting like a desert rose, I struggle between the lines of fate and eternity, Like a shadow in the light, lay beside me just a memory, Through pages, scrolls, slate and phases, for freedom I … Continue reading Poem: Bury Me On Wounded Knee
By kobe
Poem: Blood, Sweat and Sand
April 19, 2022
By Kobe Eru Godwin The wind blows with dissatisfaction Tears break the silence of the waters My heart a graveyard Where lost souls are found Eulogies are the scriptures on my palm Skin etched, engraved with words they never said Can death ever be called beautiful? Preacher Man, where is God when it hurts? … Continue reading Poem: Blood, Sweat and Sand
By kobe
Poem: The Fatality of Complacency
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu The stack-a-too gagged everywhere Blaring rifles ending our quiet fears A Temple mount blotting of filthy plight Gorging the darkness in gore and fright T’was martial music meandering near My people heard it without a care The day came bloodbath delighted Of courses unknown, wrong and righted Peaceful pleas for wholly despondence … Continue reading Poem: The Fatality of Complacency
By nehijesu