Everywhere, cries and crisisHeads bow in submissionPoverty rears its ugly headCovid has left its mark. The fatal blow has left her strugglingFor breath which isn’t forthcomingHer people cry in agonyWatching…
Dimma was down with a big fever. Mama who never believed in the word modernization was sitting beside her, a sponge in hand dabbing at her face. There was also…
Blame me, defame me, inflame me! It is easy to nail me, … nail me to my cross and your cross and their crosses… for the deeds of our cravings…
BOOK: FRESHWATER AUTHOR: AKWAEKE EMEZI PUBLISHED IN 2018 {The edition I read was published in Nigeria by Kachifo limited under its Farafina imprint}. ISBN: 978-978-55597-1-2 LAYOUT AND COVER DESIGN: AKEEM…
Tonight, it is a full moon but I cannot see the light in this room. Even the moon cannot shine through the gloom that drapes around me like a cloak….
Technology is one of the important tools we all have that could make use in developing ourselves, our career, our society and our world at large. Most of the developed…
Beautiful faces everyday we see, found in different places smiling with ease for free. Ugly faces fighting hard to win, comparing different races to a particular kind of skin. New…
What happens when you find out That I’m not the son you thought I was That I had trouble with my spirituality That I fought my demons alone. What happens…
A kind act,A caring smile;That makes the worldA better place. Inspiring,Encouraging;Words alone can give us comfortIn an otherwise painful world. It may be unfair.Yes! We all know!Yet, there is hope,If…
Time, the one who waits for no man. The one who runs without hearing the word “GO”. Time, the one who respects no man, Neither the rich nor the poor,…
Sirens wailing…Men running…Young girl down…Rape… violence… Crime…Tale of all times.Why?…Pain and outcries. Trespassing in private zones,Deaf to her tearful moans;Twenty-two years was her age,A sorrowful damage. Bleeding body on the…
Darkness hovers like a blanket Insecurities lace my sky like the scars lace my skin. I am a shadow of my own body. A stranger even to my own soul….
If I’m a book My soul would be trapped On each leaf. If I’m a book I would breath At the turn of each leaf. If I’m a book I…
I was rejected, My emotions were neglected; My feelings, maltreated. I made my heart her dwelling, Though my soul was bleeding. She was broken, I sacrificed my feelings just to…
Oh Lord, which is the right vehicle That leads to my destined place? Decades ago, I took off in a three-wheeled carriage, With my backpack piggybacked on my back, I…
So helpless you make me feel My emotions are not willing to flee Deceit cannot be escaped But not all love is fake Love to you might be a game…
It is the day that has been froth with anticipationThere is a confluence of kings and queens from every nook and crannyThe powers that be were gathered like cloudsThe lords…
BOOK TITLE: ON BLACK SISTERS STREET AUTHOR: CHIKA UNIGWE PUBLISHER: RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORK PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009 THE FRAGILITY OF DREAMS: EASY TO BUILD, EASY TO FALL THROUGH. Every person…
I sat on the sandy beach, watching the water move like it was controlled by an external force, and although I knew the water was pushed by an external force,…
By the time Max got to the party it was late. He’d overslept. The blaring techno music thumped in his head like a heartbeat and the flashing lights made him…