By Stela Xega We are like fire and water We will never collide But in my wicked fantasy We are both the same A interstellar bomb Ready to explode I’m tired, all this time Running away, coming back Peace is what i lack All i can think... Read More
Crash Course
By Scott Thomas Outlar Absolute exhaustionis the rusted death nailpierced into the side of my frayed mindthat leads to the golden resurrectionof my misplaced forgotten soul Freeze framethe free fallas the rocks grow perilously closeso I can... Read More
Iranian Poetry Lady
By Michael Lee Johnson The first time I saw your face, cosmetic images, dust, dirt, determinationfell across your exiled face. Coal smoke lifted with your simple words and short poems.Your meaning drawn across a black board of past, rainbows,... Read More
11 Novelists Emerge Finalists at NLNG, CORA Prize for Literature
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and the Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA) have shortlisted 11 novelists as finalists for the 2016 prize for literature with the theme “Book Party”.Eight women were among the shortlisted novelists who... Read More
Before You Draw the Curtain
By Alara Charis I used to see my dad as a ‘not too good person’, this is due to certain experiences I’ve had while growing up. We lived like cat and dog and I could never be found anywhere near him. Recently, I sat reminiscing about the past;... Read More
Our Gluttonous Kitchen Servants
By Williams Ibrahim Would you take a look at our majestic dynasty?Sparkling in an excellent luminosity of our past victors.But now, so dent, so gloomy, so vague of prosperous future(s). Would you take a look at our majestic dynasty?So awe and... Read More
I am Scared But I am Living!
Its the first day in the month of August and I am at a place where nothing is certain. I am scared! Yes, scared! Scared because I am just human. I know not what the future holds. I am hopeful. Holding on to my hope and merely hoping it’s also not a... Read More
The House – 39 (R-18+)
Click HERE for previous episodes of THE HOUSE SESAN..Things were pretty much back to normal, Yemisi had been discharged and was back in the house but her waka about don reduce. Bode had resumed work back and was hardly around. He would leave early even... Read More
Don’t Be Anxious About The Dentist
You know it’s coming sooner or later. The checkup. The surprise cavity. The dreaded root canal.What if they don’t give you enough Novocain? Once you’re locked into that chair it can often feel like the beginning of long, painful marathon.Chances... Read More