Chronicles of a Journeyman

  • iLaryea

    iLaryea

    “Taiwo…you…I don’t know…I don’t know….you, you are becoming complacent.”   He said no more than that. And that was the first time I heard the word ‘complacent’. I hurried to my dictionary as soon as I got back to the dormitory later that afternoon, and checked out the meaning of…

  • He Found Love

    He found comfort In the arms of a man. With a man like himself Is where his fragile heart Found a home. It was not in the bosom Of wayward young ladies Or stubborn, rebellious housewives That he found acceptance. He found love in a fellow man. It was the…

  • A Song for Me

    A Song for Me

    Dedicate a song to me In the day of your victory Because I was there for you Through the night Fists tightly clenched in dread Sweat dripping from your head

  • GrandMaster

    GrandMaster

    I am a Master, a GrandMaster.   I don’t master pieces of classical music, Or make classic moves with immobile chess pieces Nor do I build or create art masterpieces.

  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Deity (A Satire)

    Deity, oh Deity! Deity drank whiskey Deity loved to drink whiskey We also heard, that he was a whizkid Once upon a time, Deity got a tattoo And everywhere, there was hullabaloo He also loved women, had them so many They filled his shrine, ‘specially if it was rainy Deity…

  • Liberty: a Poem for Nigeria

    Liberty: a Poem for Nigeria

    Today, October 1st, 2016, is Nigeria’s 56th independence celebration. In the spirit of celebration, and in the hope of a better tomorrow, I have penned the following words, because I believe. I believe that Nigeria will not be a failed dream or a failed state – it will come through…

  • In Love

    In Love

    Like a freshly blooming daisy, you came and Lit up my world Smiling brightly and laughing heartily, with Twinkling eyes And talkative eyelashes and beautiful teeth.   Beautiful teeth Were the reason I fell in love with a queen and Your tender heart Was the reason I stayed in love…

  • Origins

    Hello there! If you don’t know much else about me, you should know I am a Christian, an engineering graduate, and I love to write poetry. So I have been thinking of ways to tell some stories, and I decided to tell a bit of story in verse. This one…

  • Of Memory and Music, Love and Expectation

    Hello there! It’s been a few days since I posted here; busy with work and writing too. It usually takes a lot of hard work to put up something I find worthy of reading or which captivates my own attention. And I have a few pieces of poetry I have…

  • Judah

    Judah

    Written by Toyin Taiwo Between the reticence of a phlegmatic, And the bluntness of a choleric, There you will find me. My name is Judah – the crouching lion. Teeth drenched in blood, I roar in my anger Having just returned from devouring the prey I fear no trouble; I regard…