In the silent and cold nights, When the stars thronghola In twinkling lights Across the distant brooks, A lone Shepherd’s gleeful looks Tell the memory of Bethlehem song And the undying themes In the immortal hymns. Biography: Shola … Continue reading BETHLEHEM SONGS by Shola Balogun
One day, I will build a church Where man is the Building And bricks just for living Lives will be pruned Not to please the preacher But to reach the sinner One day, I will build a church Where talents … Continue reading One Day I Will Build A Church by Enigmatic Olumide Bisiriyu
We have fallen, all dust, from His glory Each in Sin’s gutter, has gone astray. From whence we stood is all wreck and sandy We have fallen- all dust, from His glory But His mercy calls, formed us a … Continue reading FALLEN DUST AND A REMEDY by Showunmi Olawale Michael
Baby Jesus the greatest gift that God ever gave Mankind Your presence in our hearts this Christmas is indeed precious and priceless gesture and that’s why on this merry day I can’t help but welcome you into my mind, … Continue reading Baby Jesus by Kariuki wa Nyamu
I-THOU I sit In a coffee-house As I so often do, Alone, But never Left alone Sitting anonymously In the warming crowd Disappearing In a favorite Stuffed oversized Chair As if hiding In a peaceful Winter cloud. I peer … Continue reading Two Poems by Rick Davis
O infant beautifully beyond description O Christmas lily come Be present with a regnum-sacerdotal presentation Hail the dawn of bliss felix-Navidad day for fame Oh! Blossom yonder Serene Weather Come Oh! Firm and fire Yuletide So bliss for … Continue reading MERRY XMAS by Odoemenam Joseph Echezona
GOD WHY? God, I’m already on my kneels Before unsealing my sinful lips Asking for your mercy Because I know it is sinful to ask you “why?” God, I’m a contrite sinner with an unclean heart But looking at your … Continue reading Three poems by Onwuchuruba, Francis Ikedichukwu
Dear Readers, I welcome you to the Christmas Issue which is the fourth Issue of PAROUSIA Magazine. I bless God for the success of the previous issues which are Easter Issue, Purity Issue and September Issue. I am grateful to … Continue reading PAROUSIA Magazine Christmas Issue #4
JEZEBELS ON THE LOOSE Let me feed your ears with what my eyes ate on the street which poisoned minds with lust… Akanni, spread your heart as mat; let wisdom sit with comfort as my words roll you into … Continue reading Poetry from Elemide Benjamin
Self-righteous You act pious like you’re an angel You reprove those who have done wrong You teach what is right But the same you is adulterous The same you loots treasury The angelic you accepts bribes The sane you compromises standards The same you is materialistic You condemn impunity blatantly But in your closet you are its main convener You act self-righteous like an embodiment of the Almighty But your sins surpass Sodom and Gomorrah’s You condemn ostentatiousness Yet you live in lavish conditions The golden rings on your fingers could make a gallery Why are you an hypocrite Self-righteous … Continue reading Self-Righteous by Olaiya Tobi – Issue #3
Who and What Manner of Man Is This? She was a public prostitute not a private courtesan She was an adulterous woman not a faithful wife She was a porn star and not a reverend sister A woman of ill repute and despised, she was everything they were not Dirty unkempt and a sinner, God forbid I can never be her Who and what manner of woman is this? Her dress was too short some said too long Her colours were too bright some said too unusual Her hair was uncovered some said not rightly covered Those … Continue reading But My Spirit Holds by Chalya Princess Miri-Gazhi – Issue #3
LOFTY He whose thought flashed upon My inward mind, celestial revelation He who combed my scatterbrain from His dais separation, ornate throne The sceptre He yields pukes profane But in His arms dwell the flawless Still, He is king BLOOD When cavalry painted scarlet on human eyes On death’s cross, bloody Calvary Two dangling thoughts on opposite sides One saw revelation, right call to paradise But Left was cavalry’s ally, death still smiled Mother was more stabbed, the nails pierced her eyes Before the rain from her eyes stopped, The cloud was clear, it was finished SIN The … Continue reading BLOOD by Okuwoga Eyimofe – Issue #3
IN YOUR PRESENCE In your presence I am safe I am joyful, I am obedient Out there I am entangled In a web of immorality In your presence my heart is pure My heart is repentant, my heart finds … Continue reading CRAFTSMAN by Oghenero Ezaza – Issue #3
UGLINESS Ugliness, of evil beauty I come in spill feel of painted words Shaded in large lines of hated hues Galleried a facebook dread of hurtful look Readers, I hope you won’t puke? Hell is such … Continue reading Poetry from Tanimonure Richards Adewale
DO NOT Do not trade your heart to please anyone Search deep down in your heart And settle the cravings in your heart She is dearest to you Do not shun your conscience to love the world Agree … Continue reading Poetry from Oghenero Ezaza
SUN BLOOMS IN GODMAN Our days have were numbered Not by ‘Odomankoma’ But by creed narrations Made out of sparkling dust cities Chirped out of factory machines. Yesterday, a war sagged our home– And our souls drained! It … Continue reading Two Poems from Nana Arhin Tsiwah
