“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” wrote William Shakespeare. Today, we envision a stage where these players are not confined by the boundaries of gender. Gender neutrality in the global theatre is not just a progressive ideal but an essential element for a truly inclusive and harmonious cultural […]
BY. DAIRUS WEAH GEEGBE Substance abuse has become a large phenomenon in Liberia for many decades affecting all segments of the society including schools. The use of alcohol, tobacco, various drugs is a wide spread phenomenon amongst young Liberians who attend these educational institutions. Liberia, a nation in West Africa, put an end to its […]
‘If one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it.’ — Mum Bett How do you make another man’s back your eating table? locking his hands & legs with chains you have purchased another man’s life with […]
LETTER TO GOD is a testimonial Spoken Word Poem written by Charley De Inspirator to appreciate God for all that he’s done for him and where God took him from. He imagined having an opportunity to address God in a letter but was left in awe of his greatness. The poem was officially premiered on YouTube on February 13, 2023.
To talk of literature in Africa, one cannot but mention the west coast and a number of countries in the east and south, as well as other regions. Names such as Chinua Achebe, Ayei Kwei Armah, Nadine Gordimer, Buchi Emecheta, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Nuruddin Farah, the West African Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and a litany […]
I tried to plant my words,those untold stories in a book,and caged my melodies on your lips. I tried to stroll on a path,Smiling in excitement,from those cold utterances from a heart. I tried to inscribe you in my Diary,Draw your name with roses,and design your heart like Furnished Paradise. I tried to love you,with […]
– after joyner lucas imagine/from the day a globe was planted in your mother’s womb/did you realize how different countries made way into another’s body imagine/the joy & excitement your mother wore that day/when her husband pictured himself through her beautiful body imagine/the laughter that crawled on your dad’s face/did you realize that God is omnipotent, omniscient & omnipresent one day/you’ll learn why death […]
Dear, Mama Liberia, When your legs danced, Under the sound of ambulance siren. Your tongue was a church, Swallowing the scriptures of, Psalm 23rd. Oh, Mama -In 1989, When your body tasted, The bloody civil crisis. Your heart became the Shakespeare of bleeding ink/ and hearts were instruments to broken melodies. Oh, Mama Your body […]
Hello everyone. I hope you had a positive start to 2021. Last year(2020) was one of the toughest years the human race has faced. It tested our resolves, pushed and pressed us at rock bottom, and left us withering from almost hopelessness. However, I will like to remind us that no matter how tough last […]
Far from acrossThe Atlantic, beneathEvergreen canopiesRose the panther warriorProtector of Wakanda Land of astonishingSunrise and sunsetGrains in abundanceParadise in disguise T’Challa, flocks calledWhen wolves attackedT’Challa, they calledWhen pirates rubbedMilk and honey Like lightening boltHe came, standingTall against tigersBears and wolves The night was stillCold hands of eternalSleep rested uponJungle lion’s head He left the sceneIn […]
Wordsmith: Ears have heard Our pasts can not be untold, Seven ladies tilled up till dawn Stitching an old plain that would dignified many. Painkiller pills: I Pledge Allegiance, To the flag of my country, With a painted color of red, white and blue my heart beat for it National Anthem Wordsmith: From this giant […]
Asleep against Earth,In the whiskey dark, Earthly time has stopped,Existence deletes,Slide the blade across your face,Totally gone blank,The career sink,Mind on the fritz,Out of sync,Disaster seeps,Closing in on shrink,The hurt is deep,Frustrated in my head. Rethinking on the sound of your breathWithout fulfilling your dreams, you leftIn second you greet deathFinishing the book of life,Life depletes,Darkness eats,Death […]
the next time you breathe/breathe life into the nostrils of earthly beings/there’ll come a time when inhaling and exhaling seem useless the next time you breathe/stuck memories into people’s minds/let their smiles signal peace & longevity the next time you breathe/plant laughters on every heart/cause oxygen and carbon dioxide will one day be missed the […]
this is a township/where kids await the raindrops for shower/their bodies painting pictures of sorrows teenage girls are mothers/ drug abuse and gangsterism are street languages/ surrounding scattered like an abandoned dumpsite this is my home/where violence is not a strange soldier/waking up to the sound of palava & drum beats teenage boys are fathers/ where parents […]
Under stormy rainFeeling the painAching my skinSearching for grain Through the wringer My bones grew slender My spirit, tender My skin, darker These concrete junglesPlanted my little muscles, Kept me anchored in wrestlesAnd firmed in tangles Good GodAlways understood My silent yellWhen I’m through hell These concrete jungles Made me manBefore my kinsmenTranscend I survivedBecause ‘survive’Is my nameABOUT THE AUTHORShadrach Davis alias NegroLife is a Liberian, […]
Dear God I have come in soaking eyes and a swollen Heart I voice this prayer out loud in a Blissful Smile Thousands days of disastrous Kings and Queens lost their lives from a King’s Throne Fight A City that was built on modern Bricks was destroyed by the Efforts of the Narrow minded […]
Don’t let them take your pride; It appeases me! So appeasing it steals my heart Stolen from the lifestyle of the western diaspora What appeases me so quick? Maybe, a witch spell, is it Says the Legend, hallucination, is it Says my conscious mind, something mesmerizing, is it The moon smiles again What I see is old folks and […]
From the rising dust of Mount NimbaTo the stunning coastline of the Atlanticlies a stretch of evergreen forest.Above and sparkling is a lady of dignity and prideSpooned with sixteen tones from diverse identities which seals the love of her heritage. Her culture is the horn carrying her divine domainA tie dye of red, white, and […]
I heard the voice of a hero say:”For two disastrous years I’ve been searching for a home”What resonates in my ears all dayIs “For too long I’ve been searching a home” Great home of grains and coastal land,Bountiful of physical features and precious stonesLacking of draught and desert of sand,The water of heaven showers blessings every […]
In my nation of aesthetic features hangs the breath of the world. Where natural ecosystem of the Sapo national park brings to the body fresh air, to the surface beneath no erosion, and to the world a dance of climate control. Where movements of wildlife animals shows prospects of a brighter future, while the possession of […]
Looking at my beloved country “Liberia” I see positive visions To be brought to reality Great asset With many challenges to encounter The land enriched with Milk and honey Full of diamonds, gold, oil Great lakes and forest The people countable and beautiful With different personalities They’re all warm and wise But there are giants […]
Liberia is a place of unityWhere people with abilityFace the realityOf an undeveloped society Liberia was dependingBut now, indentingWith a successful story pendingAnd a hope of great ending. Liberia started from a foundationIn an uncomfortable locationGrowing into a great nationBringing about transformation. There is no country like LiberiaBecause Liberia has more resources than NigeriaAnd is […]
Dominic Seyi Oluwasegun, is a Nigerian high school graduate who has so much passion for life through his camera. He is a photographer and graphic designer. He is a student of the St. John Technical Institute.
Winjama Emma London is a Liberian by nationality, and a student of the Stella Maris Polytechnic University studying Agriculture science. She is a poet and a makeup artist. She has an undying love for fashion designs and arts. She is a member of We Write Liberia, Liberia Poet Society, AIESEC etc.
Her painful pleasure is known to allBut her beauty travels across the mind She is tropical with dry and wet summer Making her bounce as the heavens She’s not shapeless like sarcodines Her rolling plains didn’t make her flat Her trees are like jewelries Beautifying her body like madame deficit Her rubber, cocoa, coffee, raffia palm And crop keep her evergreen She’s washed by […]
At age fifteen, her book was her favorite toy, Flipping pages nights and days to endure the cost her future has to pay. She dreamt of becoming an icon; symbolizing women leadership like Leymah Gboyee and Clar Weah, But her dream was nailed a top of a broken platform; camouflaged as a solid six feet […]
The voice of the Crying one resonates.Like torment of hell and agony of hates,Effete victim faces violent ravish.Not even the tenderness of the kind can cease her anguish. Fear dances in the mind.Depression foams the body like strong wine.Guilt, embarrassment and shame are reasons to be shy.Emotional numbness is a cause to be sad. Disassociated because of […]
Children of Mandinka The warrior sons of Africa.You are dearly obstinateAnd nobly fortunate.Never let it break your heartWhen they condemn your Art.Never forsake your kinBecause they condemn your skin.Embrace the world,It moves you forward.They will come to entice,Never believe their lies.Open your heart to learningAnd stay away from crooked earning.It’s a world viceEnsure yourself wise.Keep […]
A forceful seductionAn unwilling consummationSo hard a penetrationBrought me to life’s extinction Visited like a renegade was IWith blows, slaps and metalsThat has pierced the innocence of my soulAnd taken me now to the land of oblivion My virginity was never a lack of opportunityIt was my prideCallously you have snatched this away – my woman’s dignity To […]
I was overrun like a flood Something hit me inside like a rod I became a victim of the situation I wish I could predict this from a range When did living with parents became a sin? I was a beautiful girl not yet up to my prime I was raked with rage and I […]
O’ hear the stifled cries of the voiceless,These weaker vessels, your counterparts.Hear their moans and groans,The piercing agony of every battered and abused woman. The ones whose eyes are bruised black and blue,Whose cheeks are stained with salted tears,Whose chastity has been ripped apart,Their breaths are hallowed and their spirit broken. O’ hear the silent […]
Some see me as friendSome hail me till their endBut who am I? Narrow are their thoughts towards meI am a destruction clothed in pleasureThey discuss me in family meetingsMy bites they discuss like dowry paymentsMoney they collect for my victims like bribe priceOh yes! I am bigger than your householdGive me to the head […]
Weeping shuddering lifelesslyMy heart drowned hopelesslyMy body was tattooed with bloodMy pride was destroyed I fought with all the strength I hadI fought till my hands were tiedI fought and I fightBut he stilled thrust between my thighs Suicide crawled into my mindMy life became darkenTears blind my eyesI was desperately broken Justice couldn’t console meMy life became […]
We get to talk all the time about rape We get frustrated every time there’s another case about rape We march with placards protesting against this insanity called rape But yet everyday we wake up to another victim being hit Another child, a teen, an adult; forced or manipulated without their “okay” Another person with […]
The sun frowns on an infected Earth For our world has fallen prey to a Plague It has plundered the waterfalls of Kpatawee Impregnating Liberia with an Outbreak Our streets are shattered by state of emergency Yet, cases increase decreasing our hope While grass grows on pulpits & molds marry classrooms Breathing difficulties have become […]
From the depths of hades terror reigns, Entangling mankind with sorrows and pains. Humanity has fallen prey to a mysterious foe Armed with anxiety and uncertainty. It rapidly globalizes itself, Feeding on our weaknesses and insecurities; Claiming the lives of victims here, there, and yonder! Covid, the 19th pestilential daughter of chaos has erupted, Making […]
this poem begins with a bereaved forest still learning how to mourn the death of its chlorophyll. the radio said, last year died with our peace of mind,and a capsule of grief and perplexity should be our daily dose to get us back to our senses.the streets smell of formaldehyde; a burnt rheum liesinside the world’s […]
DO IT NOW The spirit is preachingVolunteering as a deviceAnd I’m not just teachingBut I’m taking my own advice If you’re feeling insignificantThen you better think againCuz I see you as a blazing furnaceBut I don’t know your point of view A fortress that needs to be replenish.what’s wrong with you?Step out your last limit […]
The premiere issue of Literary Magazine features exclusive interviews with Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and Mr. Jeremy Karn, an anthology of poems, articles, pictures, and advertisements, and the launch of the Center for Literary Excellence project.
You may have been struggling to understand why it’s always the case that you are always left behind in some learning processes. The rate at which your body responds to your mind is very slow compare to others. Has it bothers you to know why this happens? Today I will help you understand this […]
Dear my love(My Val)Please remember those moments,Remember our love ground under the cotton tree,When we Mingled and exchanged vows,In the presence of moonlight,When we were mentally connectedAnd romantically pledged to follow one rule When we joined our mouths and heavily breathed into each other nostrils. Remember those promises we tattooedIn the midpoint of our hearts,You are the […]
The Four Stages of Becoming a Writer. Writing is an art. And to become an art, you must make art. Painters paint. Dancers dance. Singers sing. Actors act. Sculptors, sculpts. Therefore, writers must write. The writing field is a very broad one, adorned with beautiful genres, forms and type. But the most beautiful thing about […]
I have walked and walked, But I can’t find the love for my emotions. For it has taken me too long, To see what I’m searching for. Your beauty is guilty, Of striving to seek, The perfections of my love. When found, you showed me, The path to love, but never performed, The dramas of […]
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