SHARE THIS POST: VIRGO IN TACTA Written by Adebesin Ibraheem Dear Salamatu, Walahi, your beauty lures! But your velvety veil averts wandering eyes From feasting their lust on your chiming charm For concealing your looks in a sanctioned seal Rewards abound for you on this sin-filled earth Returns are bound for you in the haven ...

SHARE THIS POST: THE GRAVE IS A FINE, TIDY PLACE Written by Adebesin Ibraheem once i toured the spooky cemetery where the late illustrious leader numbly lies inches beside his notorious predecessor the beauty queen that rocked the world sleeps there, distanced from the glitz of pageant throne the ferocious villain with reeking records lies ...

SHARE THIS POST: Ojja nobula, Nondeka mu matigga. Onkaabya ngomuto alumbiddwa Ssiga. Missana nakiro, Onsiibya mu maziga, nafuuka muddu wo Omutima gwange gwe aguffuga. Nkulowozaako nzenna nensannyalala, Nensikondoka nga eyaffiriddwa nnyina. Obulungi bwo busukka ku musana ogw`akaboneka. Omasamasa nga zzabu mu lubiri lwa Saabasajja Kabaka. Nazza gwaki gwottulugunya….! Obulungi bwo bunsibye kantuntunu. Naye lwaki Onkokoonya? ...

I am a boy I speak and write like a boy Boys are not stone We are human that feels but keep our pains. I am not immune to harassment of any such Nor abuse.

It was but a kiss on my left cheek That left me lost and love sick. Her malious perfume, And figer-licking lipstick! The roses she painted in my heart With the smooth touch of her borrowed angelic hands. A lot like love!

SHARE THIS POST:  POETRY: AFRICA, MY AFRIKA WRITTEN BY BERNARD GABRIEL OKURUT                                         A land where poetry           Is spoken from sunset to sundown. A place where drums tell tales of the ...

SHARE THIS POST:  POETRY: DON’T BE SO COLD WRITTEN BY BERNARD GABRIEL OKURUT   You frown And burn me with cold, I prithee don’t be so cold. I speak but to no ear, My words you choose to ignore.   My love desperately beckons, and calls But you’re lost in thoughts between these City walls. What ...

SHARE THIS POST:  POETRY: A BIRD IN EXILE WRITTEN BY BERNARD GABRIEL OKURUT   Here I am lonely bird, Flying from tree to tree With no place to call my own. Here I am lonely star shining on A moonless night.   Here I am-dead river, Flowing without end Carrying nothing but dead remains! Hear I ...

SHARE THIS POST:  POETRY: I WILL WRITTEN BY BERNARD GABRIEL OKURUT   I will give you my ‘Mays and Junes’, The stars and full moons.   I will serve you my heart for breakfast And my smile for dinner.   I will love you in the rains and kiss Away your tears.   I will stitch ...

SOMETIMES, I AM SORRY IS ALL IT TAKES! - WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA WIFE: I love, care and cherish my man, But not the man he has become. Used to love me before our marriage began Now I feel so unwelcome, how come?