NAIJA KREATIVES

I hope this poem will serve as stairs to the sky. I hope these rhymes will catch your eyes, I hope my hypnotic words will wing you to fly. Fearlessly glitter in the dark and rise! Yesterday, you slayed Like the Cyclops of the Odyssey. The moon is in your eyes, The land of your lineament is rainy, The dark wind has dusted for you, A castle of bewilderment. Dimmed gold of a dog's life, roomed your fate. Stretched to your hand is a tightrope, Of a rebirth of the mighty Phoenix. Dance to the rhythm of new hope. Gloomy days and tears are bounded. Here is the key to the new beginning gate. A painting of a new smile On your fair face. I hope this poem is a kiss of life. I hope this poem brings a new lease on life. Try this time, remembering these words. Try this time, remembering, This is your time and moment. Try this time, remembering, There is a God. Bennie S. Alan is a Liberian writer, musical artist, poet, and storyteller from Monrovia. Inspired by his mother and grandmother, he bega...

You asked. I gave what I could. Not everything. Just enough. After that, my messages felt quiet. Not because I stopped, but because you stopped seeing. The space between us grew. No fight. No goodbye. Just distance. I stayed available. You stayed away. I understood without words: people remember you when they need you, then forget when the need is gone. I didn’t hate you. I only learned that timing rules hearts, and silence teaches more than promises. Life moves like this: giving, taking, leaving questions. I stand with mine. If only time could listen. Reme Abel Nakruah Nawoe Liberian Writer, Poet, Educator & Motivational Speaker Writing as The Black Poet, Reme Abel Nakruah Nawoe is recognized for his poignant poetry exploring themes of love, heartbreak, hope, and social commentary, deeply rooted in African reality and lived experience. Through simple, direct language, he gives voice to the unheard and expresses inner truths shaped by social struggle. As a modern truth-teller in 21...

The DANCE I am the song I am the dance I am unending overflow The inexhaustible abundance My music is easy My steps are simple Don't try to comprehend Complain or complement Come, sit beside me Open your heart and listen I am not separated from you I am AT-ONE-MENT with you I am as indescribable As your joys and sorrows I am the summation of balance Where light and dark basks in revelry I AM life I AM you I AM eternal I live as you. -------------------- N . A . M . A . S . T . E Chukwudi Eternal Udoye

In Nigeria, we don't have light. Common sense is trampled upon and thrown into the bin So that  to pick it up or wash and iron it's rumpled shirt, there's no light to do the laundry Only a fire that burns to ashes. It hurts. I come from a land of the night Where vision has lost its sight No human rights or a sense of what is right No hope to rewrite our poverty streaked plight. This is where darkness reigns And tears are the rains that water our crops When pain triggers it to drop Our children carry their dreams in bowls of darkness Chanting up Nepa up nepa A prayer to the man upstairs to send us LIGHT at least for a WHILE I come from a land of many churches Where we ride on as pretended horses Lying lazily on lonely lanes and street corners  With a huge cross mounting our centres Blind folded men of God running helter skelter to raise money for generators Because there is no power to the microphones that blare the good news They do not mind ...

Few days ago, we observed a remarkable personality and her new published work. We asked her out for an interview and she agreed gladly. Here are the details of what we got from her.   1. Miss, Please Introduce yourself? My name is  Awodiya  Esther Funke. I am a poet and social campaigner. Though a native of Ilesha in Osun State, I was born in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos, where I  currently reside. I hold a Bachelors degree in Sociology from the University of Ado Ekiti, now Ekiti State University, and a Masters Degree from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan. I am the Initiator "SAFE DREAMS INITIATIVE", which is dedicated to Sickle cell awareness. I am also a member of Poets in Nigeria (PIN), and the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). I recently unveiled my first poetry book, "THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER" (poems on the borderline). I'm  committed to using poetry to positively impact people and societies worldwide. 2. What inspires...