The Winning poems from the Korea/Nigeria Poetry Festival

 Adult Category ROMA By Anyanwu Roseben C.N. I can try to explain this, But then maybe I won’t. It’s for the enlightened to see, For those in the know to feel. You can look for a monster within, Tell yourself it’s an aberration That I need exorcism or more Because of what makes me happy. […]

 Adult Category

ROMA

By Anyanwu Roseben C.N.

I can try to explain this,

But then maybe I won’t.

It’s for the enlightened to see,

For those in the know to feel.

You can look for a monster within,

Tell yourself it’s an aberration

That I need exorcism or more

Because of what makes me happy.

I feel a release with the surge

As it purges pent up frustrations

I can flee this reality for another,

As another exits for his dream world.

Power, pleasure, pain, none matters,.

Yet all are felt in this great moment,

Then all is let out and the black returns,

I’m back to this reality of lies and woes,

Patiently waiting for the next in line.

PATH WAY 

By Ameerah Adunola Garba

GGSS, Dutse, Abuja.

I was below but now I’m above

I was the tail and I’m now the head

I was in pieces now I’m in peace

I was in secure now I’m proud

All I had to do was to bow and pray

Then I found my PATHWAY.

I was fearful but now I’m bold

I was poor but now I’m rich

I was sick but now I’m healthy 

I had to lie to learn the truth 

And I have now found my PATHWAY

I was mocked amongst my friends

But now I’m praised 

I was humiliated but now I’m worshipped

I was pushed away now I’m a force of attraction 

All I had to do was to bow and pray

And I found my PATHWAY. 

I swam through the ocean of confusion to find assurance 

I climbed the mountain of pain to find relief

Gone through shackles of death to find life

I trekked through the road of illiteracy to find education 

I have finally found my PATHWAY.