The Boy from Africa and other poems  by Oliver Sopulu Odo, is a chapbook containing 24 poems that focuses on the spirit of Africa, the Afri...

Photo by Chris Dubem The poem is an easy comprehensible piece, made up of three nailed stanza, with a unifying theme. It's the shor...

In us You gave it all By us we lost it all. We rejected the blame Putting Your efforts to shame. In full force the gate of hell let ...

              Hello! Backfriend the sweet atter You have been giving to me is My life support to live longer I want you to know that...

Chidubem Egwudike |  Source Lightness of God, He is the lightness of nature, And the Lightness of the brightest. The one who chase...

Image Credit: Pinterest I wrote this poem in the year 2017. It was dedicated to a very good friend of mine, Felicitas Irue. She is a ...

This poem was written by I in the year 2019. It has originally been published by  Think Life  on April 20, 2019. Copyright of this work i...

Image Credit via Pinterest This is a life thinking peom, written by   Chidubem Egwudike , in the year 2017. It's the very same year...

The shortlist was announced on March 12th 2018. The winner was announced on May 1st 2018. The 2019 prize will open for entries from O...

I dey try go church, I done go for court Dem all day talk about di ‘new culture’ ; Dem talk about ‘equality’ ,them mention ‘divorce’ De...

"They will write this as the saddest night alive.." It always starts with your silence, your body running away, even th...

About the Poet. John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (born 6 April 1935) is a Nigerian poet and playwright , who has also published as J. P. Clark...

i do know about the hate that sinks a name & turns water into homes eating boys & i cannot speak because my mouth is a grave ...

I cannot make this up. Sunlight sneak behind dark curtains & you sit up, say the light is here again. The streets hum with voic...

They picked Akanni up one morning Beat him softball like clay And stuffed him down the belly Of a waiting jeep. What business of mine...

Image via Foluke Ifejola They too are the earth The swansongs of beggars sprawled out The brimming gutters They are the earth ...

I love to pass my fingers (As tide thro' weeds of the sea And wind the tall fern-fronds) Thro' the stands of your hair Dark...

Nigerian poet and scholar Ezenwa-Ohaeto was educated at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka and the University of Benin. The author of s...

E get one dream Wey dey worry me I don dream am tire, If I sleep small Na di dream go come If I close eye small Na di dream go come I...

Before you, mother Idoto,          naked I stand, before your watery presence,           a prodigal, leaning on an oilbean; lost in...