DILEMMA OF A SOLDIER When from the green shades of my homeland I behold the tattered flag that now stands colourless And lost faces that stretched cholera...
Author - Tope Akeredolu
Akeredolu Tope Akinola is a Nigerian poet, language instructor and contributor at People’s Voice magazine - a community based quarterly magazine. His works have appeared on African writer, Indian periodical, for Harriet, ink sweat and tears, dwartz online, Antarctic journal and several literary outlets. He is back at his alma mater in pursuance of a degree in law. He lives and writes from Ikare Akoko- the land of the twin mountains.
ADIEU When we met, It was twilight at the open sea The winds mated with the virile sky -the progeny a starry night danced copying our steps When you spoke, the...
A STREET HAWKER That black tray that balances on her head Is the sea from which she must fish The blue purse tied around her fragile waist Is the harpoon to...
STEADY MY EMOTION Steady my emotion Like the ocean on a starry night Like a tattered kite In the breeze Steady my emotion Let me be led into empty space filled...
