I feel. Colors do not. I dream. Colors do not. I live. Colors do not. Black is not a curse. White is not a privilege. Black is not a disease. White is not a stigma. The color of me is the color of you. The prejudice caused by the perception of pigment has become a […]
Poetry – Youth
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Short Story – The Catalyst
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Countless times I am told I am the future. Countless times I am told we are the leaders of tomorrow, My country is fatigued from sorrow, Lending our hearts countless times to leaders so now there’s a need to borrow, We have changed. Our goals, or votes but the situation still remains the same, With […]
Poetry – Bloated Tummies
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Let someone tell me, how best they could be burst, these banks of rubbish, where every penny vanishes, where the age-long bounty plunges into the abyss of the filthy pit. Let me with words Pouring out of my pen decipher the code, leading to the vault and break open, our luxuries, our bounties, our freedom, […]
Short Story – Making Common Sense
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Coming from a family where you have a father that is strict who wants his own will to always prevail over yours can be very contending and annoying I can understand that you don’t like what your parents do to you, maybe they get to check on you often, disturbing you with calls or even […]
Poetry – Cycle
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The woman tills the ground And the baby on her back Tethered, a boat to shore, safe, Dreaming of eating, The greening of teeth. The climbing of trees, Catching butterflies newly hatched, Winging into the sun drenched afternoon, Perching on mangoes yellowing, falling off. Unasked for bounties To sup a conference of earthworms And that […]
Poetry – Pole Dancing For Maturity
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I stand before you naked. Uneasy as I slowly slip of my ambitions to see the delight of prejudice on your face. A peel of the skin of dreams I once wore In exchange for your overcoat of sadness and depression, The ink covered paper of my goals much like my innocence is creased too, […]
Ever Wondered What Goes Down at a Book Party?
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Although the general misconception is that writers and book lovers are boring people, the CORA-The Nigeria Prize for Literature Book Party 2019 is proof of how untrue that is. On the 28th of July, 2019, Shell Hall at The MUSON Centre, Lagos was packed with guests who had come to spend an afternoon with the […]