NIGERIA’S SONNET (@ 59)
A new year is here, Not to the world but Nigeria. The voice of a new era We don’t believe to hear, At least not in the local area Yet our hands can weave The good thoughts in our hands, And cause…
Read MoreA new year is here, Not to the world but Nigeria. The voice of a new era We don’t believe to hear, At least not in the local area Yet our hands can weave The good thoughts in our hands, And cause…
Read MoreSo Long A Journey- By Ezike Kenechukwu The poet writes about the faulty educational system that Nigerian students go through, in this poem of four stanzas. The pronoun “He” is used in two senses; first as it represents the writer, who…
Read MoreA journey that starts From the hinter lands of the Niger Delta that ends at the Rich Sahara Desert as a Reward to the individual that Reward to the individual that Undergoes such journey He should have known Having reached the Northern…
Read MoreIn that soft fresh flesh There we saw beauty once golden; The sweet gesture the sky fetch, Softness and greenness interwoven; Though we could not tell how far On seeing the wounded stripes of Biafra. Our walls knew our names, Feet with…
Read MoreProud were they to be blacksAll man was for himself a kingGetting needs at a dingUntil the annexation by a white kingWhich came without a bell ring Dwelling in captivating stingThey endured through the stringUntil all they did was to stingSting for…
Read MoreThe world was silent when we died, Ears turned deaf even as we cried, Their attention remained uncaught, however hard we tried, Slowly, we lost our hope, we lost our pride. We counted our fingers, we counted our loss, But ours was…
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