Oh bitter!
Black clouds know
the pain of holding water
Reddened eyes know
the pain of drained water.
Tonight,
When the silence speaks
And the feet are swift
Believe… Read More...
Like a goat eats
Around the compound
Like a lizard eats
Beside the wall
Beside your window, I stuck
Tearing myself apart inside
As I watched you spend your night
Oh, what… Read More...

By: Onifade Oladimeji Samson Dlog, ABH Press
I saw your smiling
At my friend not me
He looked away
And smiled in silence too, fool!
By the brooks of water
The voice… Read More...
By: Onifade Oladimeji Samson Dlog
If you will go by the market side
Through the narrow path
And across the beautiful house
If you will have me send you
With my beautiful words
And… Read More...
"Madam, the only advice I can give you is that, keep your house in order and make sure you do your spiritual exercises well" the consultant said after struggling with words for… Read More...
You really are a murderer.
The boy you tormented is still wheezing for air inside me, wounded.
It's a secret that should never be known, a tribute that should never be written.
But… Read More...
An artful explosions of words are often a reverberation of our soulful moments. But, if silence speaks louder than words, death shall better know the darkest truths buried inside the… Read More...
The reality of death first dawned on me a decade ago when my uncle died. I cried. My mum fainted. I wondered how so soon life ends. One moment he was turning the house upside-down.… Read More...
If I could turn back the hand of time, I would never have met my doom. If I could beg for a thing, it would be to never have known you. Little did I know, your contagious smile sucks… Read More...