LOPSIDED
The monsters we’ve createdHave become our greatest undoingThey daily hunt us through:The little baby abandoned at the trash site, Neighbors … Continue reading LOPSIDED
The monsters we’ve createdHave become our greatest undoingThey daily hunt us through:The little baby abandoned at the trash site, Neighbors … Continue reading LOPSIDED
Happy Are you?You wonderMaybe you are or notYou don’t know what you feelSo you’re left thinkingWhat does it mean to … Continue reading HAPPY
We are sojourners passing through earthTrying to make impact while we breathYesterday is long gone andTomorrow we are not assuredSo … Continue reading BREATH
I arrived cryingBaba called me AveMama called me ShagbakwaseThe Church called me Blessing. Baba called me AveAsking God to keep … Continue reading MY AFRICAN IDENTITY
I’m more than the:Location of my homeColour of my skinLanguage I speak. Location of my home?Pever u BaliLanguage I speak?My … Continue reading MY IDENTITY
Who I’m I?I am the great irokoRooted in traditionPlanted by Aondu I am the great IrokoNature’s giftPlanted by AonduHome to … Continue reading AFRICA
For this week and next, I will be writing some pantoum poems which were inspired by the African Writers Development … Continue reading PANTOUM
You hummed and hawwedThe littlest of thingsNow your evening has comeAnd you’re leftWith a truck load of regrets. Continue reading TEARS
In this stratosphere, life is in phasesSo we move, slowly but surely One step at a time. Continue reading FORWARD EVER 2
The phone rang, He’s dead! The caller said, Broken, I need aid. Filled with pang,I exclaimed, dang!As my heart rang. … Continue reading GONE TOO SOON