PENMIND MEDIA & CREATIVITY

 A few decades ago a baby was born looking radiant like a redolent spice Her Eyes wide-open like she came ready for it all Cried out  loud when she needed to be touched Mother’s eyes sparkled with love and some tears of joy Father’s heart filled with pride and a gratitude to God Everyone definitely knew a queen had just arrived Every hand seriously craved for a feel of her Her birth story is surely a tale like none other It’s worth being sang in an opera It’s a picture that must be painted for all to see This is indeed the story ‘the queen of my heart’   Written by: Hamidat Doyinsola & Kazeem Adio (C) 2022

  Association of Nigerian Authors, Osun State Chapter has sworn-in new leaders who will be leading the association. The inauguration of new executives was done with the aim of promoting reading and writing culture in the state. They came in to continue the promotion of writing culture in the state.   The inauguration of new executives happened at Osun NUJ Press Centre in Osogbo, the Capital of Osun State.    In a press release by the current Public Relation Officer of the association, Mr Muideen Afolabi, noted that “the incoming executives who are eager to perform, promise to swing into action as soon as the inauguration is done.”   The New Chairman is Mr Segun Ajiboye. He promises to use everything within his jurisdiction to drive ANA Osun State Chapter (ANAOS) to the peak of its success, both digitally and off digital.   The outgoing chairman, Mr Muriola Awoseemo pledged that he would support the current administration. He then assured t...

Hope was tweaked on the shores of West Africa Home of the gods and the sires of earth Hearth of men with shades of night Honed to plough lands and chase the wild Live free and fruit the child A place where nothing surpassed our ascendants But a different sun berthed on us And it brought the darkest cover our land has ever seen Snatched like the field of poachers One by one men were plucked like fruit from a vineyard Selectively graded by agility and vendure Loaded on an English carrack to live out in servility A vessel as dreadful as a war tank Branded and shackled to be kept in the belly of this beast Guarded to ensure escape is a fruitless feat And then we listened as the great tide washed us away Many trembled as the ship pierced through the storms The great foggy passage to merchants and lost swarms Suns and moons passed in this horrific trunk First our beliefs, then all our dreams sunk The white coloured people fed us crumbles and a mountain of despair Made us suffer like to nothi...

Colours are the realest expressions They are certain, definite intentions The only way earth expresses its emotions Change of season and other devotions Blue, for its beautiful signs and purity Red for its temper that dissolves the skyline Black is its horror, a shade of terror White is its cuddles that touch your heart in its smearing Colours are the truest of feelings Full of communications, yet devoid of words They speak passion, rage, love, elation with fluency All colours are noble born with no disparity For they guide our way out of the wilderness Colours are instruments of the divine

My world is beautiful, it bears me all over Every day is a fantasy, precise to my destiny And then one day it was all on fire My Clark met a kryptonite Piece by piece my paradise began to crumble I became a stranger to my routine My lovely worst fear knocked on my door Irresistible like gravity, I let her in But she came seeking not me but one of my own My eyes immediately grew wet and puffy Shoulders sagged and heavy I must now find my way back Patch and amend my breached strong hold Pray I return to my Eden It’s the only place for me like nowhere else The place I can love, thrive and cherish myself The place immune to Claire and my Kryptonite And one day when the crow wake us again I hope like me you get what you want

My blood pumps harder than it should Energy revels in my entire space Ever ready for impact like a bullet in a barrel My heart sing songs of praise Every moment I live to embrace I think I’m going to be a hero I will rise like the falcon’s wings Thrust through injustice like an inspired agonist Build refugees a home & put others’ needs before my own Become a bridge and not a fence Cast goodwill when shown offence Give everyone a hand with just two Raise the fallen and those afraid to I don’t need money or power Or anything everybody doesn’t have I only need see with my head and my heart The world is part of me, as I of it If I can transform even just one sadness around My sadness too will go beyond being found If you want your life to really matter Then live it for yourself as well as others. Photo Credit: Pixabay.com

Stranded we are in the middle of the way, The missions get tainted with pecking mirage of gaffes,  The wrinkles of the road smile  With thorns of recklessness  Of the driver Masquerading with regalia  Of tainted innocence.  The heart of the land,  cracked!  The eyes of the earth  Blind!  The body lost its head  In the market of tusles The land is a tree  With wooden stairs Of decayed root Growing boughs  With absence of  green leaves The land wears her gorgeous garment Celebrating rifts of ages,  Between the old  time and the fragile generation.  ©  Olaniyi Abdulwaheed 2019

For Alhaji Kazeem Adio On a splendid day a star Rose in the sky, Brightening the day With his mercy And generosity. Like the shore, He absorbs Every being. This stars glows Every day May Allah make this star Continue to brighten The land, Lead us Successfully. © Abdulwaheed Olaniyi 2019

I have dived in the mystic ages of your heart, Dreamed  in the silent heart of the night, Envisaged our union Through the binocular rainbow of your eyes. Ayo, I looked through the eyes of the sky, gazing at your rainbow from afar, I lingered to touch the sky, but the cloud held my eyes to hug your heart. If cloud seals my eyes to see your face, My heart echoes the sonorous song of my lines to you And my mind's eyes can view your beauty. Let my love continue to breathe in the gentle shore of your heart. © Abdulwaheed Olaniyi 2019

One side of the sky looked misty and somewhat cloudy It made me feel like it was going to rain I looked up on the other side, I saw a rainbow surrounded by stars Beautiful and colorful, just like the queen of my town glittering from afar even though it seems near The closer I got to it, the more I wanted it to be saved Cos the cloud on the other side is surely not any good It brings the cold rain and takes down everything with it But it seems my rainbow’s mind is all made up That with the dark cloud, it is ready to fall Ready to bear whatever pain comes along And ready to be another casualty of love. Like a dog that’s determined to get lost The hunter’s warnings, it constantly ignores Thinking with its heart instead of its mind Believing it sees better and armed enough for the task Not knowing what glitters sometimes might not be gold And there are more numbers beyond the number ‘nine’. (C) Kazeem Adio 2019

   Can someone tell me what's all the fuss about? Since you left the gap wide and didn't bother to bridge With a piece of lolly the kids are lured in Going dirty with them yet you know nothing "Don't tell anyone and you'll get more sweets" And gradually,they become victims The older ones seem exempted from sweets Immature but fun to tease Money and flower is what they use. Unlucky are some cos they get beaten, Molested and abused yet disbelieved In silence,many suffer from DV Did i just hear "orphans they are"? No, most live in parentdom but lacks parentcraft No intimacy and no attention, just left to stray Build so much trust in your child and bridge the gap Safe them from victimizers and heal their wounds.    (C)Akande Iqmat

         I CAN'T SEEM TO BUILD A Castle, LIKE I DO I CAN'T SEEM TO MOULD A Brick, IT'S HARD TO DO I CAN'T SEEM TO MIX MY THOUGHTS, IT'S GLUED NEITHER CAN I SPEAK TO MY PEN, I'M MUTED I CAN'T SEEM TO SING MY LYRICS, IT'S ODD I CAN'T SEEM TO PLAY MY TUNES, I LOST THE KEYS THE MORE I TRY TO PLAY THE CARDS THE FASTER THE TABLE TURNS               I HEARD IT'S CALLED WRITER'S BLOCK A BLOCK NOT NEEDED IN MY COURT MY WORDS SEEM TO BE GONE BUT MY PEN REFUSE TO BE GUNNED BYE, I SAY TO YOU WRITER'S BLOCK LEAVE MY COURT, I NEED NOT A CHECK          (C)AKANDE IOMAT

       The cloth of ignorance we wore When our able-bodied men was onshore In the stream of happiness we were When given goods from there Unknown to us is their game Even when used to obtain their aim Our forefathers bore the pains But now we regret in pains The battle has long been fought But the impact is still being felt. (C)Akande Iqmat

LOVING YOU AT FIRST SIGHT WAS NEVER A THOUGHT EVEN LOVERS OF MINE NEVER BROUGHT A THOUGHT AND TIMES OUT OF TIMES I'M LOST IN YOUR BREATH MY BIG ROCKY HEART YOU TURNED INTO FLESH RIGHTFULLY I CHOSE, THE LOVE I'LL FOREVER CLOTH AND GRADUALLY YOU STOLE MY SEALED HEART. ( C)AKANDE IQMAT 2019

Falling in the ocean of love Drowning in its deepest deep You gave me a life to live In which I took a sip You mentioned to me of my parents Reminded that l am an orphan Insulted thatl am useless Words that forever remain green l thought l had found a lover One that l can trust But rather you were a luster One that betrayed my trust Now,l have found love that is real Love I will forever feel. (C)Akande lqmat

No cry would I ever shed For that I'm under a shade In shadows would my heart be found And neither could my mind be read Come into my world of romance And fall into my house of dreams Deep down it feels so cool Just looking at me you trip like a fool Lust over you is not my game Rather is your body my aim Flirt game to me is tame Neither is love a game Less importance is a flirt game But so germane is committing to a love aim You are an Angel in disguise My soulmate to be precise I observed you over the years Till it dawn on me ,your plights Even if you are two ,i'll still choose you He doesn't value you but I do Be mine and we would cease to be two Loving you is all I can do (C) Akande Iqmat

    What if i really don't exist Maybe i am an illusion What if they are not my parents Maybe I was an adopted What if this world is actually a dream Maybe I've just been sleeping What if i'm not the real me Maybe i'm just a mirage What if no one actually loves me Maybe they are all pretending What if i'm not in this world Maybe i was only hallucinating What if it's all not true Maybe i was only thinking What if it turns out to be true Maybe i would then believe     (C)Akande Iqmat 2019

    I want to know you he said,tell me about yourself With a mind  crossing so many thoughts, I smiled With curiosity he looked,thinking he had a clue,a clue of my smile But nah he doesn't,not  even the tip Looking  deep down his eye ,I said to myself It's all in the past and tears should not be shed lost in search of words he waited curiously..... I am a lady I began, a lady so pained, hurt and damaged A lady stripped of her pride and left undignified Drained in the pool of tears and cared for so less A lady whose maidenhood was snatched in that big structured house A lady who laid helplessly and her cries  wasn't heard A  lady who was subdued by anger, terror and force Whose feelings were of no concern when he penetrated. A young lady exposed to the cruelty of the world so early A lady left to clean up a mess she never started Left in nudity and defenseless A lady unlocked with the wrong key and departed looking for extra keys ...

                 Yes i do, I'm tired of frogs, I need a prince I want a man like a lid to my tin I want a partner in all form Always ready to listen Giving meaning to every minute            A man I need, A man who will care for me like his only..., Who will value me like I'm indispensable Who knows my worth and regard me as irreplaceable Whose encouragement  will keep me going Who will achieve with me my dreams A man  who will always make me smile and never to cry Making other women jealous He would mean all to me.            Have you heard of him? A man who commands respect What less did you expect Generous and full of valour I want the man I dream of Cos I need him not only in the dream world (C)Akande Iqmat 2019

We’ve taken for granted the world we had The one in which every life was adored A world in which every man was loved And yet none lived at the expense of another And yet none acted to the detriment of others It’s so sad in the world right now We know not how to love anymore We’ve grown fondles for money and war Just like the people who were here before us Yes!! Like those whose sanity have been lost