This is a collection of poems I'm creating for 2021. The posting schedule has now changed from every 3 Tuesdays to every Friday. It will contain mostly villanelles, but occasionally other poetic forms, every now and then, just to keep things interesting..

This is a short story.It talks about a young princess by the name Olajumoke from Ife town in Nigeria.Her father was the royal Ooni of Ife.As a princess,she was governed by certain rules and regulations according to the Yoruba traditions.This prevented her from marrying her lover,Joba,who was an ordinary country man as well as a social outcast. Jomoke was punished several times because of the relationship until her father banished Joba from the village. She slept with him on the eve of the exile which was an abomination and she was executed.

This talks about a young girl whose name was Erica. She was the only child of her parents who took so much to discipline her and their efforts were not in vain. Erica had a promiscuous friend named Christabel who ruined her life when she was in the university. Seeing Erica living big, she plans to use a charm to prevent her from getting pregnant. She kept it a secret from her friend until it was suddenly revealed to Erica. Christabel later became a destitute.

This story talks about a young girl who suffered so much in life. She lived in a terrible slum and her father did not care about her. She did not have anything and she continued a hopeless life. One day she met someone who introduced her to a dangerous business to get money. At first, she was very lucky to be treated well by the manager of the business but was unfortunately murdered in cold blood in her prime time.

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