Popoola Solomon

This place is not Hell Though it blazes like fire And the scorching sun leaks Sweat like ice-cream This place is not Hell Though the cold we see Emits from devil’s freezer Dulling our senses with evil This place is not Hell With ravaging storms and Avalanche of disaster wiping us out, It still seems … Read more

I thought of sweet words That can seize breathe, Words that can skip the heart Sweet words that freeze muscles I thought of jelly words That can melt stony heart, That break iceberg of emotions Words that can sail dark waters I thought of ideas That can be focused like laser Ideas that can pierce … Read more

Look in there I mean there, Inside you… The Field of Contention In there, Folks of past Reached mountainous joys, Kins of ages Reached tears-filled valleys Fighting Goliath battles In this plain There, Old boys dreams shattered Towering castles unbuilt Alice wonderland unreached Adorning robes unworn Davinci’s art unseen Ahitophel’s plan turn folly There, Men’s … Read more

The Nigerian Youth is lazy Birth in gold he can’t touch Mother rationed his milk, Wore him cousins clothes Starting without silver spoon Nigerian Youths are lazy Parents sweat tears, sweat blood Struggled to feed us Raising with hopes, saying- Our children will pay us. Nigerian Youths are lazy We learnt with tables and chalks … Read more