Day88 #365daypoetrychallengeonadvocacyandsocialchange HANG NO TEARS HERE, BOYS Do not hang memories on my shadow! do not remember home to yourself! Let the bed feel your absence on its warmth with lurking passion interwovown selfot hang your thoughts here, boys, Lest you burn yourself into ashes of Eden Do not hang tears on my eyes now! For the productivity of sin is in death &the genocide here are the whole of abessive cruelty found in your eyes, help me gather your roaming shadows, for the feast of this land is the call you hold on the dawn of a sudden dew Do not look the sun on ..read more

Day87 #365daypoetrychallengeforadvocacyandsocialchange Our cloths have torn Our hairs grown bushy Bones emaciated and legs swollen Muscles displaced And our vision discouraged... The path behind us looks abandoned by haggard legs, Bushy as if untrodden See, our babies have died Our kids starved Our boys imprisoned Our girls raped Husbands and wives betrayed And the aged disappointed... Yet the eyes of our polity bulges like the blind statues of Nok Culture We used to have hopes, But they are now tired in the arms of abortion The promises of independence have become stillborn; Mutilated ..read more

#HappyInternationaldayoftheboychild #365daypoetrychallengeforadvocacyandsocialchange #Day86 Whose mind are gold of thoughts, Those who empty their lives into the nostril of a sudden wind but never returned home They went far away as broken dusts In a world of action and reaction, Don't fear the man behind his deeds fear the victims But boys are too hollow to be left behind, They are the authors and finishers who no one celebrates. Dreams are buried, Aspirations packed up, Boys do not have thrones, But girls have more to breath. Girls are queens, they make it to Forbes most valued, Because ..read more

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OCTOBER 30FEST HUMANITARIAN POETRY PRIZE 2018 We are glad to officially announce a call for the submission of poems for the 3rd edition of the October 30FEST Humanitarian Poetry Prize ..read more

Day85 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge You newly coupled who have refused A return from Paris You recline like butter on bread Who said that you'll live long(er)? You who think suicide is next If you left college next best You shut your eyes on all of your kind Who said that you'll live long(er)? You claim teen Ignoring the clock that said, "no time" You forget the phrase, 'Gone too Soon' Who said that you'll live long(er)? Like the prosperous Ant Just in the corridor, he kicked a pale Death took no bribes Who said that you'll live long(er)? Like the innocent thief Who ..read more

Day84 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge When we marched, we whispered freedom Not to be shackled, we marched for our future Not a protest, a silent walk for our kingdom But with threats, disguised as request they made fixture They said our whispers were too violent So in fear we did relent We marched without our voices Only hope on our feet resounding our dreams But this time our feet was silenced Don't march so loud, our nation requires peace; This they said, waving at us guns and vices They said we did breath too loud Like mourners on procession, we stood huddled in a corn ..read more

Day84 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge "Citizens of this notable nation Cry of your needs we have heard Cripple shall walk; lame shall run Change! that's what we need" Humble persuasion of the sweet tongue 'Hat-less' 'lead-ass' recited dynamism like poetry Head over heels; change has changed our agog Head in the clouds is the society. Asshole rock of pacesetter Abode of abnormal change All is trade by barter A thing or two is a victim of change. Nitwit we must have been Never asked what manner of change Negative or positive Ampicillin? Newly adoption of waveless sage. G ..read more

Day 83 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge Footsteps Held breath Increased heart beats The door knob turns open He walks in as he often Tucked away I try to hide I am a sport he loves to find Hands on my throat A threat is his oath Silence is the new me As he has his way with me The pain too hard to bear As he thrust his shaft in my rear Choking and oppressing Threatening and hitting Lust dancing in his eyes As his body plays the melodies He takes a piece of me Stirring a hatred for me Death please take me soon In the grave I'd rather swoon Satisfied with his victory While I ..read more

Day 82 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge You are still sitting alone in the dark corners of broken wings Silently hugging your sorrows in whispering tears So you will never fly, blackbird The memories of your father's pains are perfectly seamed in a thousand fragments to the lonely gown your mom wore every other night. They never flew So you will never fly, blackbird They said your brother sentenced himself behind bars so strong Cocaine weaved your face unevenly he calls you his lost wife's picture So you will never fly, blackbird They also said that your sister is tied t ..read more