The Kolo Kenneth Kadiri Blog

June came with a blanket of clouds and an outpouring that reminds me that, as troubles never singly come; blessings follow each other in t...

You see, the heart works in mysterious ways. It can be a hard nut to crack, then suddenly it is such a sponge cake, that anything can slice ...

Port Blue's "June Bugs" makes for a great flashback trigger. The music itself, and the name are unkind reminders to a sorry ...

Drew knew her love language was "gifts", so he gifted her with the things she needed. Topmost, was quality time. She loved her m...

We had quarreled weeks preceding this eventful one. It had bothered on jealousy, flirtations, cheating, trust, lies, and all what not. In ...

Ífè bì èjí òwúrò Love like the morning dew Purred from the sides of ur lips Pursed as the curves of thine frame Stashed in my bosom at d...

Nectar, I'll be your bee. Humming all over you on a knee Let the flower open up, deep Till you let me suckle with glee

Love, where's your fire? I've been sat here smoking away With thorns, fronds and tulips Making signals, for my need is dire Stil...

She told me about Chimamanda's book, Americanah that she was reading. The part where the lad traveled to school and left his girl in t...

All my eggs are cast in one The other baskets have shells Rotten eggs don't sink in a basin My heart flows like clear water The hone...

I wasn’t he who chopped the tree, Amadioha. Why have thou cursed me? The Ogene bounces off the sides of the mounts, Horns and flut...

Le Eagle soared away at dawn But we were not lorn Father Sky was kind - we tarried much Then she caught the wind in her wings Same which...

What do babies dream... Of? lily petaled valleys And flowing cisterns that water them? Of streams that in ensemble, Sing to the forests...

I want to call your name - To scream it forth from my depths.  But you've placed a curse to my lips, a spell to silence! So I...

My demons are here again I'm cursed to watch you sleep Depths of your slumber Brings me wallow in stares Thy long lithe frame Won...

Abuja, I need you now, more than ever;  Where's your love? I'm left alone amongst twains

Abuja, I need a call to the heart;  Touch me with thy whisper;  Cringe my skin with thy touch

Oh! How I love you, Abuja;  But there you go, spreading yourself;  Wide open to other men - hustlers

I'm in love with Abuja; Her love strikes me with lightning bolt; She kills me with wont!

Don't love me sweet My heart's deep and wide You can never fill it Don't love me sweet My heart's given up...