Life not Skin
Do You wash the external part of your tank alone and leave the inner part?! Or you ensure that just the outer part of your car is sparkling..? You look into the mirror every now and then, Checking...
View ArticleRhyme and Reason presents “The Excision”
Rhyme and Reason presents “The Excision” Yo! Are you a lover of art, poetry and rhymes? Then Rhyme and Reason Concert 2016 “The Excision” is where you have to be on June 11 at 4pm! The venue is The...
View ArticleThe exTENT of His kindness
Jesus saved you from your mind crashing, why are you still the ONE DRIVE-in? Trying to clean yourself up with your filthy rag. I think you should throw in that towel Give up trying to run away from the...
View ArticleThe Children
Do you hear the children crying? I can hear them every day, Crying, sighing, dying, flying Somewhere safe where they can play. Somewhere safe from all the dangers, Somewhere safe from Crack and AIDS,...
View ArticleMEET JANETTE…IKZ – The Excision 2016
Come 11th of June, 2016 by 4pm, “The Excision” which is the 2nd edition of the highly anticipated “Rhyme and Reason” concert will take place at the Dome, Off Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos. In...
View ArticleDIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL
Dear diary, Today was the day it changed for me. The events of today have already been etched in my mind; Still I feel urged to pen it down. Well, here’s how it started: As dawn announced his...
View ArticleDEAD TO MYSELF | ALIVE IN CHRIST
I see His blood-stained brows, Making a path for the blood flowing from His forehead. I see His arms stretched across horizontal wood; With rusty-old nails pierced into such beautiful hands- Hands that...
View ArticleThe True Colours of a Woman
Ever wondered how your mother could spank the devil out of you one minute and pet you like a baby the next? Ever wondered how no matter how little she had, there was always something to give whenever...
View ArticleSTAY MIND STAY
You travelled everywhere and now you’re back. Like a child Reckless. Careless. Wanting everything. But this time you must sit. I can’t ground you But I can guard you Renew you Train you In the way...
View ArticleJackie Hill Perry – My Testimony #TheExcision #RhymeAndReason
I guess you have heard her story, how she was once a lesbian, but now happily married to Preston Perry and mother to Eden. In this beautiful spoken word piece at the Rhyme and Reason Concert 2016, The...
View ArticleWHEN WE SEE HIM
When we see Him; O what joy would escape from my heart, When we behold His face; His praises shall burst out from my lips Then shall our frail bodies be changed, And as the stars up above fall...
View ArticleSTAY MIND STAY
You travelled everywhere and now you’re back. Like a child Reckless. Careless. Wanting everything. But this time you must sit. I can’t ground you But I can guard you Renew you Train you In the way...
View ArticleThe True Colours of a Woman
Ever wondered how your mother could spank the devil out of you one minute and pet you like a baby the next? Ever wondered how no matter how little she had, there was always something to give whenever...
View ArticlePoem – LOVE
LOVE Grudgeless, Beautiful, Awesome, Spectacular, Pure, And sometimes, Unexpected is LOVE. Love envieth not, Love is sacrificial, truthful and worthy. Love can be unexpected, but it is best at the...
View ArticleSpirit-flesh Skirmish
Cells numerous as they are, are holding hands Tissues interlocking fingers in even strands Wrapping and clothing the framework of white sticks Impossible it is to fathom a house without its bricks, The...
View ArticleA FAIRYTALE COME TRUE
Possibilities drowned as my flooding skepticism lingers Dreams waved away by Doubt’s long fingers Wishes never transcending the blowing of candles on the cake A great toll this continuous cycle seemed...
View ArticleDEAR SPIRIT OF GOD
Thou almighty Breath of God That generates new life Come exhale on me That I might be quickened once more Thou oil poured out fully on the Anointed One Anoint my lips and renew my heart And let joy...
View ArticleTHE ECLIPSE OF THE SON
I was made to show up when its night time Stay where I am till I hear the bell chime Hold on to what’s available till I have what’s mine Probably smiling while I’m waiting on the line Now that’s a lot...
View ArticleTHE ONE
So her name’s Grace, Yeah, a girl whose beauty would piggyback on time’s broad back For thousands of years to come, she’ll remain the talk of all, A precious jewel whose charm and wits know no end...
View Article‘Mummy’, ‘Mum’, ‘Mama’, ‘Iya wa’, ‘Maleh’, ‘Mumcy’ or ‘Mother’ – Tioluwani Lois
One of the first words we learn to say is ‘Mummy’ Not just because our instincts line up with the environment and our ‘significant others’ But because of the personality who we call ‘Mum’ Loving and...
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