Holy Thursday Blues the urban flock intently went after shepherd to sacred sanctuary for consecration of all sins, seen and unseen then Love was proclaimed a mark of undying love of God and Mankind on Holy Thursday! … Continue reading POETRY | Holy Thursday Blues by Kariuki wa Nyamu
THE RISING Its Easter time! Therefore a time for a little break from all those works to be done at the workplaces, all the paperwork piled up to be done in the office, calm our heads … Continue reading NON FICTION | THE RISING by Linda Osuagwu Onyinyechi
GOOD OR BAD FRIDAY? . friday, tell me what’s so good about you? when you allow golgotha to cage our pietic saviour into her shallow grave of death. . tell me, why we shouldn’t arrest pontius pilate? whose disguise … Continue reading POETRY | GOOD OR BAD FRIDAY? by Oki Kehinde Julius
O FRIDAY! O Friday! I thought today would have been my holiday But you turned it into an angry day; I thought today would have been so rosy But you made me feel so lonely. O Friday! I never knew … Continue reading POETRY | O FRIDAY! by Onwuchuruba, Francis Ikedichukwu
CALVARY TREK Far too unbreakable It sure would have been If I were to go On foot to get it right My frail body On the road would quench Through the street of unrighteousness Through the ghat Down … Continue reading POETRY | CALVARY TREK by Ndifreke George
RENDEZVOUS I I have slept through storm But how do you sleep in this GET UP and pray So you don’t fall into temptation My spirit is greatly troubled Like the sea by the tempest He moved a … Continue reading POETRY | RENDEZVOUS by OGHENERO EZAZA
HIS DEATH AND MERCY Every drop of blood that littered From his body was a perseverance Of the world’s agony, hidden in the Dazzling mirror his tears held. His body was a beautiful robe of redemption Redeeming our sins into … Continue reading POETRY | HIS DEATH AND MERCY byJonathan Otamere
THE MYSTERY This gospel, The entire book of the bible, Summed in one, Love from the top. This sin, Man took in Acted on deceit, Losing our free gift. This savior, Giving a second option, Took in our nature, … Continue reading POETRY | THE MYSTERY by Ogide Joy Ugonma
PROPHECY’S TREE Of all trees that graced Israel most blessed Blessed with a curse to carry the weight of a man Of all men that walked the earth most righteous Righteously imbued with the sins of this world … Continue reading POETRY | YOUR BLOOD AS LIBATION by Osalam Wosu
THE BETRAYAL OF GRAVITY A living thing traveled to the sky. It wasn’t a bird or a fly. He was the son of the most high. Newton talked about an apple, But he was not an apple. He didn’t … Continue reading POETRY | BROKEN PROTOCOLS by Animashaun Daniel
THE LIGHT Once, they thought they shut his voice And oh, how they did rejoice! Once, they thought they bound his words In crevices deep beneath the world. Once, they thought they killed the light That brought insight … Continue reading POETRY | THE LIGHT by Betiku Ayokunle Samuel
Sacrificial Love Blood is thicker than water Not like the love of the messiah The innocent man that suffered He tendered his life for the safety of the sinners. Sacrificial Love! The love tendered by the Lord of Lords … Continue reading POETRY | Sacrificial Love by Oyedokun Ibukun S
THE FALLEN STAR Standing out in the evening Is a star fallen to the earth Shinning crying until it got to the ground. Tried and trampled under the feet of men But holding the key to the bottomless pit … Continue reading POETRY | GOLDEN CROWN by Idowu Tolulope Elizabeth
a love poem It is quiet And calming This evening At Starbuck’s And I watch An artist sketch The place But I, unlike she, Cannot draw pictures Of you, So I paint with words Which creep Ever so closely To … Continue reading POETRY | a love poem by Rick Davis
PAROUSIA Magazine is calling for submissions for The Gospel Issue #5 to be published by April 2017 during the Easter Celebration. This issue welcomes narratives on the Death, Burial, Resurrection and Ascension unto Glorification of Jesus Christ which as seen … Continue reading Call for Submissions PAROUSIA Magazine The Gospel Issue #5
NEWLY BORN After a million spirits shake us up from sleep with tales and songs of peace and goodwill we flee the bed ignoring the biting cold and track the lone star that lights up the world Diviners … Continue reading NEWLY BORN by Uchenna Ekweremadu
