A feeling of contentment when you said I do,A feeling of gratitude when you said for better for worse,A feeling of oneness when you said in sickness and in health,A feeling of undying desire when you kissed me.Where is the man I loved like no... Read More
A House Is Not A Home
By Abdulrahman M Abu-yaman I was born and bred in an aesthetic and gigantic castleSurrounded by mountainous fences like we anticipated a battleBut when those tall walls made me lonely like a prisoner in solitary,Then I realized that a house is not a... Read More
Dear Girl From Pakistan by Shivani Gupta
Shivani Gupta, a Delhi based slam poet writes a really touching poem titled – Dear Girl From pakistan, about the relationship between Indians and Pakistans. She writes to an unknown faceless girl from Pakistan about the distance and divide... Read More
LESS
I don’t want a life made of fairy talesI just want to be happy in a million ways.I don’t want a proposal in the middle of the ocean,I just want to say “Yes, I will.” with my smile floating.I don’t want sleepless nights... Read More
The Exodus
By Abdulrahman M. Abu-yaman Like a time bomb imminent to explode,Vibrations hit the arena.The adrenaline rush begin to climaxThe exodus procession to the epicenterOf glamour, glory and greatness; via focal Points onpower, currencies and avarice.For... Read More
Till After Death
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Maureen Alikor I remember when we first locked legs; it was bliss. That day we sang loudest drowning the envious cries of get a room, that day I saw heaven in your eyes and resolved never to quit... Read More
Dear Ola
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Chinua Ohaeto Dear Ola, Don’t close your eyes tonight, I will save this line for you Even if these walls break down I will comfort you I will be there for you Don’t close your eyes tonight Let... Read More
My Love Again You Awaken
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry Submitted by Adeyinka Joseph Alonge In the wake of my brokenness!The words of heavy breathSmoothen smile turns tutChasing a colored filled hopeSongs to my ear, caught a brakeMy breath took a haltSo much love not... Read More
Complicated
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Oju Omamogho We met on the streets of the words you said,”You can never love me,Our hearts as one is not meant to be”Became music in my head.I needed to understand,For we had just met,And... Read More