“I forget the past to evade my regrets, and I recall the past to learn from my errors. I do not totally forgo the past; its lessons and successes lift my spirit. I do not totally hold on to the past either; its hurt and shame sink my spirit. So, I strike a balance by […]
OMOYA SIMULT TOURS ASIA: IT’S NORTH KOREA NEXT!
Well, I should like to brag that for the past few weeks, since I got my sessional break of 8 weeks or thereabout at University of Ibadan, I’ve been travelling around the world. Somehow, Asia has been able to arrest my interest, hardly allowing me to settle properly for a few days in my father’s […]
PARODY OF PASTORS, PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES
If you are a Nigerian youth and you don’t know Tolu Ogunlesi, well, as a good friend, I’ll sincerely suggest you go to a mountaintop to fast and pray for 7 days and 7 nights. Seriously, you need it. That you do not know him is a big sin. People don’t commit up to that […]
LAST NIGHT, I DREAMT OF YOU AGAIN
Last night, I dreamt of you again That you shamed thousands of miles That you spited mountains and valleys That you crossed three rivers, nay, seven Just to be with me Last night, I dreamt of you again Of your crystal, roaming eyes Of your enchanting face Of your smile Of you Last night, I […]
FIRM GRIP ON YOUR NECK
Story tugs at your shirt Firm grip on your neck Strangling you Slowly Time to die . No, not die Perhaps time to kill Time to take a knife Slaughter laziness On the altar of words . For, atimes, dear You don’t kill something Yet something kills you . Pick up your pen Yank your […]
HER NAME IS …
There is one more lady I want to befriend. Her luscious eyes, white like the albumen of a boiled egg, take away my breath and stuff my head with fantasies. At the mere sight of her beauty, my heart becomes a drum, the taut leather quivering at tempos that challenge the gods to a dance. […]
EXCERPTS FROM WORK IN PROGRESS
EXCERPT 1 “…The university could strip you of your personality and impose on you a new one. It could tamper with your values, just as much as it could consolidate them. Tomi had a personality before he became an undergraduate. He had values, too. Three years into his studentship at University of Ibadan, he could […]
GOOD MORNING, IF YOU PLEASE
Quite often, as humans, we have the inordinate desire to be recognised, applauded or commended. We want others to see we are doing great. We want them to congratulate us on our successes and perhaps felicitate with us, whether out of a sincere heart, an envious one or a perfunctory one. This is natural. If […]
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