The New Normal

Do the killings, and bombings, sound normal? Are they becoming less strange and more ‘usual’? Will you say you have gotten used to the bad news?

You know, I wonder sometimes if bad news is still tagged ‘bad news’ or if it's now one of those things.

Triolet 5: God is King

Triolet 5: God is King

God is King over Israel,

Ruling with justice and mercy;

The people boast, ‘Immanuel,

God is King over Israel…’

In Zion always will He dwell,

Guarding His people jealously—

God is king over Israel,

Ruling with justice and mercy.

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       By  NwachukwuOlusegun Nwachukwu.

The Yoruba Demon

Yoruba Demon love is like peppered dreams. Hot and spicy.... it's nice when it begins - until it starts to hurt you, and your eyes start to water, your throat burns from kisses, and the fire burning in your heart starts to BURN your heart.

My Heart Has A Fever

My Heart Has A Fever 

By The Anonymous Me

My heart has a fever. And it seems you're the infection. You've infected my mind and now there's a toxin addiction

Emotionopathy - Grade 3; a traumatic emergency. See..... I'm trying to be free of you; but there's new complications.

I've got my heart inflammed and my love set on fire. There's a whole new classification and it's named after you.

Je vous aurais pre venun (I should have warned you...)

I'm not certain, that a curse hasn't been placed over me. 

I know of this because I feel no weight on my shoulders.

Spotlight 1 - Kalez Collections

There's a brand new talent rocking the fashion world these days. By bringing a spectacular breath of fresh air to the modern style scene. "Kalez Collection" is a brand splashed with a quiet ferocity and blended with elegance.

Does Nigeria exist?

By Viola Okpara

Does Nigeria exist?

The question appears weird - I know.... very much like a question of one in an alcohol induced stupor. But are there people, who are, in fact through-and-through, purely and completely, simply "Nigerians"?

Aren't the yoruba more yoruba or the Hausa more Hausa or the Efik more Efik or Igbo more Igbo than being 'Nigerians'?

Twitterbug

"Dance like the photo's not being tagged, Love like you've never been unfriended, Tweet like nobody's following"

About a week back, I finally joined Twitter (@therealjamike). It's been one of the most heartbreaking decisions I've made, and I thought I should share this...

Generational Hate

"And she gathered the children of many races into her arms, And said, "Hate dies here — be brothers."
~Harriet Monroe, "America," in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, December 1918

Triolet 2 - Dear Child

Triolet 2 - Dear Child

Refrain, dear child, from ways perverse –

Reverse, recoil, retreat, recede;

With wrong doers, do not converse.

Refrain, dear child, from ways perverse:

To you, let them become averse...

Unless on shame you wish to feed,

Refrain, dear child, from ways perverse –

Reverse, recoil, retreat, recede.

 ©Nwachukwu OlusegunNwachukwu. 

When You Need Me

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou

You probably already know how it feels when you think someone is using you.

We've all got that person, who doesn't remember us till they need that one favour only we can help with... and even then, it feels they might only be contacting us because they couldn't find anyone else. Sometimes you end up feeling like the last resort.

....  Hurts, doesn't it?

My Love Story

By Patsy

He was my childhood friend. I can't remember how exactly we met, but he was always around. They always talked about him and pushed me towards him and made sure he followed me everywhere. It caught on. I kinda built my life around him. I knew what he liked and disliked, and we talked every morning and night before I went to bed. He was mummy's ideal man for me.

But I grew up.