Lucy OnovwaMAGGOTS!Hey! Yes, you there! Oh please, just listen, don't ask me why I'm whispering, I am a worker in the house of my masters, I speak silence to…Oct 5, 2021Oct 5, 2021
Lucy OnovwaEDUCATIONEducation is free they say The buildings, instruments are Older than our greatest forefathers. Rain sometimes join us to study We end up…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Lucy OnovwaACROSS THE BRIDGE’’Across the bridge there is no more sorrow, Across the bridge there is no more pain, The sun will shine across the river and I will never…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Lucy OnovwaIF YESTERDAY SAT WITH TODAY…It would sigh, It would ask, why? It would ask why we never seem to learn… Why her dresses and her gems Shine brighter than her future…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Lucy OnovwaENDING OF THE MONTHIf the end of the month could speak, It would tell us to stop making empty promises in its name. It would tell us to stop equating faith To…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Lucy OnovwaMISTER LONGUS MY PAPI CHULOHe arrives countless evenings at my doorstep, looking like the kind of baked cake freshly out of the oven imagining its mesmerizing smell…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Lucy OnovwaMADAM BRENTThe rapid knocks on the door startled me and my mother. Our eyes scanned the house and locked on each other, as we held our breaths…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Lucy OnovwaThe end of the monthIf the end of the month could speak, It will complain to us to stop making promises in its name. It now even has a sign that represents…Aug 6, 2020Aug 6, 2020