Chronicles of a Journeyman

  • 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…

  • Hope

    Written by Joy Ijere For over thirty weeks and six When the food turns bitter-sweet And all the clothes no longer fit She bears the pain and counts the weeks Through the cold, through the heat She knows for sure where it will lead For little hands and little feet…

  • Bariga – A Tale of Transition

    The year was 2006. Two boys from Sagamu had gained admission to study Chemical Engineering at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). It was the session UNILAG started post-UTME exams, the one after the UNILAG riots in 2005 that left the Students’ Union sacked and the school hostels closed down. We…

  • Nothingness

    If we take a journey and come To where you said you are, You will not be there In fact, you will not be anywhere We will be unable to tell Where you are, or who you are, Or if at all you do exist We will doubt all the…