Merry Christmas guys. Because Christmas is a time of love, I hope you enjoy this. *** I sat in front of the mirror in my room, really edgy. I had a date in two hours and I was a nervous wreck. Mum walked in, stood behind me and smiled. “You look... Read More
Blog Festival | Tweedle dee | by Daginne Aignend
Tweedle tweedle tweedle deeI’m as happy as can be’The song is tormenting my nerves all dayDid I get brainwashed over night causeI’m compulsively tweedledeeing yet for hours With embarrassment I caught myselfsinging the little... Read More
Blog Festival | Juanita | by R Soos
at night I feel a worm crawling though my bodyand you know, I don’t hallucinate anymorebecause hallucinations aren’t realand everything is real nowbut I can’t tell the real from the friends sometimesand it can’t be madnessand... Read More
Blog Festival | HI | by Jagunmade Rilycks Damilare
It took a long time to comethis exhilarating feeling I have always craved.And when all hope seemed lostYou caught me off guard.I stared hard ahead far too longthat I never saw you coming from behind.You came around and whispered into my heartSoftly you... Read More
Blog Festival | Tri-Polar Homeostasis | by Scott Thomas Outlar
All rolled into one, the paradigms of yesterday become the evolved fresh perspective of a new present moment awareness. A cascading vision of truth shimmering upon the lake’s surface as the pristine water of the River Tao flows flawlessly along... Read More
Blog Festival | Bedroom Wall Monologues | by Jerry Chi
You wake up, clad in only a pair of briefs, your bare chest reckoning without the fan spinning from inches away. Yea, PHCN has been a good sport lately, never mind that you are scared that merely typing out that fact will jinx things. You find yourself... Read More
Blog Festival | Criticism: Let’s not focus on the negative | by Chantel Netimah
Criticism is an essence form of feedback that isn’t necessarily ‘bad’ as we may think but that also isn’t necessarily the truth either, but is something that most of us struggle with in some way. We all have our sore points which we may not be... Read More
Blog Festival | Getting married | by Onwuasoanya Obinna Jones
“The smile on your face seems cemented in place. You are looking at your wife’s uncle -Brother Tijani- as he swallows another mouthful of schnapps, you wonder how he does it. “Ola o, I dare say you are the main man!” He tells... Read More
Blog Festival | My Father is a Terrorist Too | By Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji
My father is not the kind of terrorist you know. No. He is not a member of ISIS or Boko Haram. He is not that wicked. Not at all. In fact, one of his major prayer points is for God Almighty to bomb every terrorist organization in the world. But what he... Read More