Please, Tell The Devil
Please tell the devil he didn’t win Tell him sternly, tell him clearly Tell it on the mountains, tell it in the streets If he didn’t in BC, then he didn’t in AD For forty two generations of life He was given a fair chance to try But he did only what he knew best […]
On Nigerians and their Sympathy for France.
There are two kinds of people. One that do good only because good was done to them. Another that do good irrespective. And I’m so glad that Nigeria is part of the latter. It was what made us the ‘Giant of Africa’, if we persist, it will yet make us ‘Giant of the World’ I […]
SARAKI: HIS GUT, HIS BALLS, THE PANDORA’S BOX AND THE DANGER OF ONE CHANCE! by Ayooluwa Oyelere
The WITCHES, wizards and the household wickedness of the Saraki dynasty must have followed Bukola into 2015! If the butterfly which perches with ease dies nonetheless, then, it is a sad day for the frog who jumps up and down the ragged earth with reckless abandon. AT a time when the entire nation entertained the […]
I am, THE DARKER BROTHER by Ayooluwa Oyelere
I AM, the black and the bold, the colored and the cultured, high and lowly, coarse but genteel, like a prim and a proper child, seized of right behaviors. I am, THE DARKER BROTHER. I SPROUTED, like the blade of an elephant grass, through the thick and the thin, the fat and the lean,the brown […]
Did you miss me?
Have you missed me? Cos I’ve missed you With every passing day I stood away Away from your smiles, The warmth of your hands as you type your chats The moments we shared kept ringing in my ears Especially Wednesday nights and its stupendous lines I couldn’t wait again to relish the same with you […]
Oh Law! By Khose
Oh law! How I hate thee You made me put myself on a performance treadmill And when I didn’t do the things I ought to do, I became angry at myself and always felt guilty I became confused as to whether God was pleased with me or not You made me feel I […]
A Child’s Fate
A Child’s Fate. Who says the child won’t growWho says he’ll never become a manWho says she’ll forever remain a toddlerNot knowing his left from his right Who says this is all there is to herWho says his best days are nowWho says he is not more than meets the eyeThat the prevailing is her […]
Their Version of God
So…it was in church, two Sundays ago, that the Drama department had this presentation; it was a great presentation, at least in terms of the creativity of the actors. It was only when they started this depiction of God that I began to wonder, “Which God is this?” It was clearly not the God that […]
My Mother
Of all the many things I’m grateful to my mum for: She took me to church as a toddler, thereby planting my feet on the solid rock to stand. I have fallen several times from there, but I’ve never left. She allowed me to roam freely in church until I found a constant place within […]
To Every Woman
How will we survive this world without you? How far can our ego and stubbornness carry us? How will life be without the tenderness with which you relate with us, your patience? How will we live without the sweetness you carry with you? Who will we have to take care of and show love? How […]
