I need a black Jesus Someone like me Who speaks my language And knows what I feel Not the blond hair, blue eyes But woolly hair, brown eyes Someone who comes from within Not from across the sea Not the artistic creation Brought to life By Michelangelo’s brush And the Catholic Pope … Continue reading I need a Black Jesus
If heaven will fall It will on all If you neighbour eats rotten food And you kept quiet like the wood When the consequence comes hot Immunity shall save you not So speak up against evil Or we’ll bear the ill as single Voice out against wrong Or we’ll face the music together before … Continue reading If Heaven Will Fall
On a sunny Sunday, not too long ago, I hosted a friend at my residence. I hadn’t seen him for quite a while and when he arrived, he revealed that his mission was to achieve three things. The first was to return some books he had borrowed from my private library; the second was to … Continue reading Advice to My Lecturer Friend
The Society of Young Nigerian Writers in collaboration with Ibadan Book Club will be giving out DVDs that contains 250 literary books, mainly novels, collection of plays, anthologies by popular, notable and renowned dead authors like John Bunyan, William Wordsworth, Oliver Goldsmith, William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, Percy Byshe Shelley, John Keats, … Continue reading Distribution of E-books To Selected Schools In Oyo State
Straining at the Seams Kairos Productions is pleased to invite submissions from poets for publication in an anthology titled Straining at the Seams: Poems for Nigeria at 100. The anthology, intends to discuss the life and times of Nigeria since the merger of the Northern and Southern Protectorates in 1914, will be published in the … Continue reading Call for Submissions - Poems for Nigeria at 100
A doctor friend of mine had told me during a conversation that part of a doctor’s training was calming a patient during a consult. Doctor Jude must have missed classes on that particular topic. The manner he broke the news of my infection with Gonorrhea was as cold as ice. Whilst I can’t blame … Continue reading Musings Of A Hustler (episode 5)
Bzzzz…… Adamu instantly delivered a hot slap upon his own face. He woke up with a terrible start and looked around, like he didn’t know where he was or who had just slapped him. He had been sleeping and a fly had flown into his ear. After a few minutes, he slept off again. Bzzzz…….. … Continue reading Bzzzz….
One night, some months ago, when my husband came home from work, I met him at the door with our daughter. I put my arms around him and hugged him and quickly noticed that she was jostling for space too. This was very funny as she was trying to get me out of the way … Continue reading Sister, Sister
Rose, Your open petals Warm scent, welcoming smile Ignite a fire, Passionate flames Beneath those hidden parts Which I constantly want a part; I’m convinced it’s charming But enigmatic and mysteriously inviting. Rose, I want a part for my nose My eyes have seen enough. Let me feel your boundlessness The inside of your being; … Continue reading Rose
Immortal queen of creation, I thank you for today. Your light is your beauty and brilliance beyond language. Your music is your power and voice rolled into one Life Force, what makes and breaks, tasks, trains and treats all of us with the immortal Sound of Silence, the Server for all Life. How is it … Continue reading A Tribute To Mother
I went through the file. There wasn’t much stuff that was new. I t contained my updated itinerary for the next six months, the traveling tickets and other documents. I put these away and made a mental note to call and apologize to Tyrone later in the evening. I forgot. I woke up fitfully the … Continue reading Love in Strange Places 3
See, Dapo and Simi had a classic love story. They met in SS 2 when he let her copy off his chemistry exam because, damn, she was cute. They both laughed afterwards at the D they individually got because, shit, he hadn’t studied for the exam either. She was cool like that- one of those … Continue reading Somewhere Short of Heaven
I had almost written you a poem; It would have been legendary; I too with it the type to get published recommended by the connoisseur; admired by the amateur; memorized by the odd keen student of literature with all the right figures of speech with cadence, rhythm, diction It was right there on my mind’s … Continue reading Train of thought
Undisclosed location, I watched her take keys from her jacket pocket; insert the key in the lock and turn. I heard the lock unlatch and my heart thumped so hard I wondered she was not hearing it. In that fraction of second, adrenalin coursing through me with the speed of light, I revisited my … Continue reading Black Chronicles: News
The drop of the rain is hard When falling is simple People run to shelter Thunder strike with heavy lighning Great things happen In the process of rainig Plant is happy for the rain Animals run to shelter People cry But plant wipe When the rain is rough Animals get sad for the … Continue reading Rainy Season