The Reason For The Season: A Poem by Solomon Ekoja
As we celebrate
Stay away from sin
Remember the poor and needy
Extend the love of Christ
And believe in Jesus for salvation
A season to be Jolly : A Poem by Becky Peleowo
So what’s your reason for the season?
To kill, to steal, to maim or defame?
To suppress, to oppress or make others feel depressed
Who exactly do you wish to impress,
The humble host or his gorgeous guests?
Breakfast For Xmas by Victor Oladejo
The yellow rays of the sun crept through my curtains and sat on my eyes when I woke up. I rolled to the other...
Tentacles Of Reasons: A Poem by Oluwaseun Osanyinro
From childhood, I have always wondered
What the Christmas season was all about
From childhood, I have always wondered
Why there was a particular season to kill...
To My Beloved: A Poem by Oluwaseun Osanyinro
Love, they say has no senses
The feeling they say makes one feel weightless
Yet, when I met you, it was as if I had run...
JUST WHY? a poem by Becky Peleowo
They said he died for me
And washed away my sins
They said his bloody stripes
heals every bruise and pain
They said he rose again from a...
My Father: A Poem by Emmanuel Enaku
As I sit here, trying to string in words, my memories run wild,
Going into overdrive because of what you meant to me.
You were an...
Cupid And A Strange Town: A Poem by Victor Oladejo
I
Cupid enters a town, today they celebrate love, his greatest weapon,
On a corner of a street, an old woman seats on a stool,
She holds...
The Sad Period Of Grace : A Poem by by Emmanuel Enaku
When I was younger,
I was told the story of a child.
A child born in a manger,
in hay and under the clouds.
I was told of...
Ode To A Demigod: A Poem by Chukwuemeka Oluka
O demigod, to know you is to know the finest
You may not like these expressions,
But I’m sorry, I just can’t help it though
Mortal and...
Bloody Valentine! – A Poem by Becky Peleowo
I
Bring roses for my love,
Scatter delicate Lilies so white,
Moradeke, my queen, my dove,
So now, why do we fight?
Old naira notes squeezed into a...
Triumph of the Virgin: A Poem by Becky Peleowo
I thought he would be the missing piece of my puzzle.
At the dawn of our acquaintance
I was his idol; loved and adored.
Celebrating New Life: A Poem by Solomon Ekoja
Tick after tick
Three decades beckoned
Like spider webs
Woven with spurned promises
Around the scripture ceiling
Of Matthew: 1:21
On came the anthem
From river Jordan
With sounds of an acapella...
My Final Dirge: A Poem by Emmanuel Enaku
In secret, I craved your presence.
And then, because I could hold it no more,
I had spilled the words that had multiplied
So much in my heart
A Burning Heart: A Poem by Victor Oladejo
In my ears, I heard the cold legs of fate walking towards me,
Should I tell this young bird that the last person who made my body tingle died when I believed my world was made?
