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Watering the Dead Things
The room learned stillness before I did, a held breath between four seamless walls. No door, only the whisper of plaster, the slow blink of…
ByIC_Amar
Tongues of Dust and Daylight
I speak for tongues the heavy earth has stilled, For names the wind has worn away to dust. Though every law and ledger was unskilled…
ByI.C Amar
Cry, thou Mother
Cry, Thou Mother? Cry, thou Mother—why dost thou weep? What sorrow bends thy noble brow? How came thy songs to mournful sighs, And joy desert…
ByOluseyi Ogunbanwo
HAPPY IN-DEPENDENCE
Ha ha ha My laughter erupts from within, Celebrating another in a country that has forgotten its own definition. Our teachers taught us: “A…
ByFasakin Fehintoluwa
DIAGNOSIS
We live in a sick world, and we’re all patients. How disappointing! we tend other people’s wounds while we bleed from ours. How ironic! we…
ByIC.Amar
𝘼 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙬.
I’m much younger; I can’t remember the year, and I can’t remember the day either, but I can vividly remember what happened. My mom calls…
ByFrancis Ewanworie
The Beautiful Things That Nature Provides
The Beautiful Things That Nature Provides May your happiness never be chained To treasures that glitter and fade; For if your joy depends on possessions…
ByOluseyi Ogunbanwo
Our Moral Failure before the People We Most Despise
Our Moral Failure before the People We Most Despise Life is a ledger of moments and men, Of crossings and echoes remembered again; For all…
ByOluseyi Ogunbanwo
Echoes From The Grave
“Echoes from the Grave” When earthquakes rumble and thunder strikes, An echo resounds from beyond the grave. Only the innocent hear the cries of innocence,…
ByDan Chris
SPEAK UP
I have written, I write and I will write. Not just empty words that carry no weight, But words that tell the stories of the…
ByFavour kigbu
If I Had…
If I had a mouth I’d speak the truth I’d tell of the reasons why I had no roots If I had a tongue I’ll…
ByVictory Vi
To the one who couldn’t.
You knew the truth long before you knew the words, knew love should not wear the face of fear, yet silence became the language you…
ByDeborah_Writes
The cost of silence
The Cost of Silence We’ve got the words to transform a nation, Yet here we are, biting our tongues. A generation gifted with voices, yet…
ByBridgie
VOICES FOR A BETTER NATION
Grayed temple, bowed by the weight of years, You steady the foundation, guiding our legacy with silent prayers. Rise, shoulder, engine of labor in the…
ByOdey Faith
Without Tears
She held him tightly to her breast His lifeless legs flung astride her left leg His arms loosely hung as withered fronds She rocked him…
ByNdubisi Mgbachi Kalu
When it Gets Heavy
We all know those times that the one place of solace doesn’t feel the same... The pillow wet with tears, The church pew cold with…
ByStella Braih
Little Lies
I told myself, “He understands me.”but was it not just a shade of need?Did his hands remind me of yours?Did he make me laugh or…
ByUvie Agbro
Something Worth Protecting
In a world governed by emotion-suppressing microchips, Michael embarks on a mission to awaken humanity. Amid betrayal, hidden truths, and fragile alliances, he faces the…
ByIbrahim Kolawole
Hello
And loneliness…oh, she was never cruel to me before you. Before your laugh taught me what silence truly meant. Before your absence became a language…
Bytheuvie
Does God Exist?
Assume there was no religion, no idea of morality linked to the concept of “God,” no gender allocated to it. Now, write the word on…
ByUvie Agbro
Phantom
The world dimmed from my sight, Bright lights turned into darkness. My phantom, like an apparition, Elusive and delusive Was an illusion.
ByTerdoo
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