You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link A HOPEFUL ALTERNATIVE We run into another day; “of sorrows, shames and frets” We wake to printed headlines; “of bombs, disease outbreaks, and … Continue reading Poetry from Adebote Seyifunmi
Oki Kehinde Julius is a renowned writer who hails from Okitipupa in Ondo-state, Nigeria. He writes and performs poetry under the pseudonym, Okilux. He is a spoken word artist who has won laurels in both spoken slam and page … Continue reading Interview with the Award-Winning Nigerian Poet, Oki Kehinde Julius by Indunil Madhusankha
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link Calvary: A Meditation “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” … Continue reading Poetry from Sylvia Riojas Vaughn
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link THE SUFFERING OF JESUS Born into a world of anger The rich and greedy ran You came to help the leper The … Continue reading Poetry from Mike Bullock
You can read this Fiction in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link Our elder brother was crazy. Maybe he was born crazy. The rabbi in our synagogue always warned that my siblings and … Continue reading RABBONI by Samuel Ogechukwu Emmanuel
Dear Readers, I welcome you to the First Issue, Easter Issue of PAROUSIA Magazine: A Christian Arts and Literary Magazine. I must mention that firstly, PAROUSIA Magazine (formerly only a blog magazine) now has a new logo and secondly PAROUSIA … Continue reading PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue #1
THE MAID IN MAIDUGURI The maid in Maiduguri, Loosed my ‘sokoto’ in Sokoto, Casting on me her charms in Kastina, I cried Haba! from Aba. Her name is Ada from Adamawa, Cooking, her centre of excellence, Unknown to a poor … Continue reading THE MAID IN MAIDUGIRI by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
Growing up with Rambo, Jet Li, Jacki Chan and a little of Bruce Lee, I thought and believed that everyone needs a hero. And there’s usually just one per time. So for me the world was like a battle field, and I was the hero for those within my sphere of contact. Then I met Julia Roberts, then the world took another turn, the world could just be all about falling in love, having fights, then making up and having an interesting forever after. Then I GREW UP! I hardly watch movies now, but everyday as I walk around and … Continue reading WHO IS WRITING YOUR STORY? by Aremo Olalekan
ABODE OF ABADDON (TO THE CHURCH) The fear of the land, Is the beginning of defeat The anti-christs, offsprings of the darkness They must obey his commands! They fight and destroy souls, Like knights of hell To fulfill the purpose … Continue reading ABODE OF ABADDON by Adigun Temitope Idealism
ALANTERE (IN SEARCH OF BLISS) In search of bliss. Unexpected scenes are seen. Some scenes that had us pleased, And some that our memories doesn’t want to fixed. In search of bliss, Ajirebi avoid evil, And his hair went bald. … Continue reading ALANTERE by Amore David Olamide
I appreciate God for the opportunity to be a blessing to mankind through this platform and I trust that as you read, God Himself will stir a desire to be all that God has created you to be in this … Continue reading NO MORE EXCUSE! by Aremo Olalekan
PREACHER MAN Bring in the sheaves As the wind blows the rusty leaves The master calls in grief Saying, life is so brief Listen to the voice in the desert Hearken to this message, so exact He is … Continue reading Hour of Death by Olajide Teniola
I Saw an Angel Today Joe Cempa I saw an angel today at our Lady of Guadalupe Charitic charismatic offer from nuns and social worker ones to soul survivor women of street self last, … Continue reading GAIA by Joe Cempa
NO LIMITATION The walls of Jericho broad and straight The cedars of Lebanon thick and great Together, let them a mighty alliance make There is no limitation still Oceans mightier than the red sea The Alaska gulf where two oceans … Continue reading NO LIMITATION by Tolulope Oloyede
Yet another year #2016, a year we all pray to see and go through with good health, less stress and plenty of goodies, but most things don’t go the way we plan and some things just happen that we really don’t expect that cause real pain, there are some other things that we just need to go through but we ignore them just because it involves a little or more pain. There is a saying that says “No pain no gain” and yes the real meaning is what it really is NO PAIN NO GAIN. Most things … Continue reading TURNING YOUR PAINS INTO YOUR STRENGHT by Babatunde Paul Taiwo
ODE TO THE MOTHER OF VIRGINS! . Hail Mary! Mother of Saint, Bequeath thy taintless belly, We entrust our faith. Blessed be thy womb, That begot the medicine, Which gives healing, To the whole world wound. . Holy Mary! Mother of Virgins, On thy pietic Legacy, The pure ones are standing. Your consecrated fettled scarf, They worn on their head, Their natural reproach You cinch to veiled, Protecting their pride from been sacrileged. . Honour to You, oh! Goddess of Divinity, If goddess were God, We shall set a holy altar for thee. Thy perplexing beatitude,we shall choose to worship, … Continue reading ODE TO THE MOTHER OF VIRGINS! by Oki Kehinde Julius
