What Do You Want? ( A Poem by F.O )
What Do You Want? A flotilla, or a bleeding gun? Be sure. A house, a car, Or a flight closer to her, While your heart quietly rots? It can’t be love— The world is starved of it. Don’t eye the diamond chest; it will bury you. Happiness? Pfft! Is that all…
Self Adulation – A Poem by Wale Ayinla
Self Adulation means many things to a poet. Wale Ayinla wrote this…. Planes fly higher than birds. Birds flock more in unity than loneliness. Grief is bilabial. My face is rare on the skin of the air inside me. Somebody calls me a cave. I…
A Man – F.O
A Man When a man declares, “I am a man,” He obliterates his ancestors, Silencing the echoes they crafted over lifetimes. A man must crawl, Walk, And fly— All at once. – F.Omosola ( To Celebrate men on International Day For Men )
Where? – A Spoken Word by F.O
Where? Are we not all funny, Dressed as professors, yet looking like zombies? This thing we call a country—what is it, sef? A personal shelf, a donkey, or both? What is this? A note to self, or am I an endangered specie? Why do we gawk, gormless, too…
The Contempt – A poem by Bolutife Oluwadele
This dialogue poem by Bolutife Oluwadele is coloured in Pidgin and Yoruba language. “Igí sún mọ́ gi, lọ̀bọ fí ńṣakọ Igí sún mọ́ gi, lọ̀bọ fí ńṣakọ Tí gi bá jìnnà sí ra wọn Ọ̀bọ kò ní skill Igí sún mọ́ gi, lọ̀bọ fí ńṣakọ” …
An Unusual Prize in Stockholm (For Kylian Mbappe) – Gimba Kakanda
Rich, timely, poignant. Gimba Kakanda Wrote: “I have been in Stockholm, caught between two starkly contrasting moments—celebrations of the Nobel laureates and the weight of a rape allegation against my dear ‘cousin’, Mbappe, after his…
Drummers in a Storm and other Poems
IN ANOTHER WORLD Rasaq Malik In another world I want to be a father without passing through the eternal insanity of mourning my children, without experiencing the ritual of watching my children return home as bodies folded like a prayer mat,…
Han Kang Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, Elevating South Korean Voices
The world is not enough, poetry is. South Korean author, Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, marking a historic victory for South Korea’s literary world. Kang who is renowned for her masterful exploration of trauma, identity,…
Letter to Africa – A Spoken Word by Lemmy O
Dear Africa, The land of my birth, where the rivers sing from my ancestors mouth, And the skies paint dreams with hues only you can claim— Let me speak to you, as a son speaks to a mother, Let me say what sits heavy in my other, For in your soil…
The Journey of Words: How Fortune Omosola Inspires Through Poetry
“Those who travel with books will arrive quicker and make better choices.” – Benedict. R This quote encapsulates the magic of reading—how words can carry us faster to enlightenment, and how knowledge can guide us towards better…