Tag: poetry
The Peace of God, and Other Poems by Lukman Nurudeen Adeniyi
So That We Can Breathe Terrorism, a continued threat to humanity, Must be combated, must be precluded We want peace,…
God Loves Athiests Too
He got my heart. He really did. But he is an atheist. An unrepentant one. A typical former-believer-turned-unbeliever kind of…
The Eraser
I talk to myself a lot. My parents find it strange when they walk in on me, but we always…
Love Came to Me Soft and Stuffed
Life was a big circus to me. Everything was still beginning. You know that phase in your life when you…
Dike Chukwumerije’s Made In Nigeria Poetry Show Inspired My Patriotism
The Made-In-Nigeria Show is a Spoken Word production by Nigeria’s foremost performance poet, Dike Chukwumerije. The show takes the audience…
In the Beginning Was Darkness
Click! That's the last sound I hear before the world goes dark. I'm crouched beside my fallen mother. My father…
Let’s Talk About Us
let’s talk about our concerns, fears and hope. for a country with wealthy potentials wait, wait, aren’t we tired of…
Trickles And Torrents
These things began in tricklesThe age-long pinch in our features, the halts in our stepsDealt by unequal hands, by vicious…
Why is Loveth Liberty making poetry that sounds “homemade”?
Loveth Liberty is carefree and full of life. She is talented and grounded. A 3-time poetry slam champion, 2-time talent show…
