Articles / Poems
Part 2: An Entrepreneur’s diary of Being Broke and in Debt
I know some of you might ask, what is the big deal about getting a sign? Why not just do what you want to...
Part 1: An Entrepreneur’s diary of Being Broke and in Debt
When I left banking in February 2019, I knew the journey was going to be tough at a point.
I remember "Vusi" saying, "List 10...
GOD PLEASE ANSWER ME
GOD PLEASE PICK UP THE PHONE
I GOT SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK
I FEEL LIKE I AM ALONE
I KNOW I AM A SINNER IN THE PRESENT...
Suicidal thoughts
Everything pulls me down
I feel the weight of the world around me
I feel like I am drowning
No one loves me
No one really cares about...
If— BY RUDYARD KIPLING
(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself...
The Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms...
SEVEN IN BLACK
Seven was innocent until it was painting in Black
Once upon a time in years untold
I was never told
But it was made known
How men _sit-down_
Conceptualize...
A Verbal Aesthetic: Notes on Spoken Word Poetry
Written by Ami Mattison
I’ve written and performed dozens of spoken word poems, yet I can’t tell you in easy steps how to write any kind of...
THREE STRAY BULLETS
I remember the day you died like it was yesterday
The birds sang in the trees and the sun came out to play like they...
HOW TO MOURN NIGERIA
Gather your woeful garments
Move towards the sick slain valley
With a blank eyes of hot tears
List out the corrupted coroneted woes
Table the names of those...
