My dreams wake me up much too early so that I have to sit up in the dark and in the stink of the overcrowded room, waiting for the day to break. It is annoying that our room holds a certain smell like okro soup turned sour for three days. Most of the adults here hardly take […]
Dreams That Don’t Get Wet – Short Story by Dorcas Agbogun
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Do We Go To Heaven When We Die? – Poetry
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Some people believe ‘Life is damn hard No God cares a fuck about you’ Some people believe ‘Love is painful Ain’t worthy of love’ Some people believe ‘Wealth is not spiritual Poverty is a virtue’ Some people believe ‘We go to heaven when we die No, hell Probably purgatory’ However, They forget that The universe […]
The Proposal- Poetry
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I remember the first time I proposed to a girl I was only 4years old and I had no ideas what I was doing But I knew one thing for sure Since the day she walked into our maths class Nothing has made sense ever since Except that my heart beats faster everytime she walks […]
Journey To Neverland- Short Story
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‘If our sister dies, you will be in soup,’ Alister said and then hung up What have I gotten myself into? I wondered out loud as I started to dial Abraham’s number. The line wasn’t connecting but I kept on dialing. I did not bargain for all this rubbish. How can Alister call to threaten me? […]
The Lady From Wasinmi- Short Story
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It may sound absurd, but I use to hate staying with people, these people – except Joel. I had become everyone’s banter, the laughing stock, the uncivilized, the poor thing, accented in native Ondo language. Was it even my fault? I wish I hadn’t told Batya my hometown, the place I had lived for sixteen […]
Nirvana- Poetry
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Identity… is not just a name It’s a face, a soul, spirit contained in a body A laughter resurrected by experiences, memories. My childhood, The rain as it splattered against my skin, I remember The exact ring of laughter, The colour of my underwear a dying shade of pink almost unsure of its clan Is […]
Single, Married and Safe- Book Review
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In this book, “Single, Married and Safe” The Author, Tola-Francis Olabanjo, and Co-author, Tolu Olabanjo, addressed salient issues centered on practical and blunt realities with Scriptural backings that are scarcely mentioned on the pulpits, enriched with common problems and solution that people ignore as single or married. For the Singles, it is an Instructor and a […]