Valentine Special: Wuraola

Image Credit: Kerry Park

Wura from the black soil - a winsome fairness

Unspeckled skin – sacred to the spectacles

Rays recollected in a feminine silhouette

All eyes can’t but slumber in the stupor of admiration

Oh! Are the orbs of your oval face moulded from the soil of the sun?

Let your lamp of love lighten the labyrinth of my heart

Accept prithee my poetic platonic proposal...

No, I Don't

Her heart was thumping against her chest so loudly she was surprised none of the bridesmaid or the other women around could hear the loud thumping. She looked at the faces of the people milling around her and swallowed resignedly, they didn’t understand her plight. None of them knew of her grief and she could not trust any of them well enough to bare her pain. Even if by chance any of them heard the thumping in her chest, they would probably mistake it as nervousness or excitement on her ‘big day.’ Who wouldn’t think that? It was after all her wedding and she was supposed to be the happiest woman in the world right then but she felt anything but that; far from it.

Tell Tale Signs To Know If You Have Ever Been in Love

The big “L” as we all know has often been mistaken for a lot of other emotions such as infatuation or lust. The feeling of being in love however goes beyond liking someone or wanting to have sex with them. Not to confuse love for any other emotion, here are seven signs to tell you if you are in love or have ever been in love.

Love, Sex and Money

Love, don’t we all seek it? Sex, don’t we all crave it? Money, don’t we all want it? Everybody wants something, they got to have something but it all depends on what you are seeking for. Are you in a relationship for the love, the sex or the money? The trio of love, sex and money are three essential ingredients needed to make a relationship work because when one is missing, then you can expect nothing but doom for such a relationship.

Music Series: Don't Take My Man

The song ‘Joelene’ is by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released over 4 decades ago and is ranked at No. 219 on the Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of “the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” The song is about a woman imploring another woman not to take her man from her

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

As Dolly Parton’s voice crooned emotionally from the stereo in the car, Ada dashed at the tears that were flowing from her eyes, blinding her vision. She shouldn’t be crying; Andrew didn’t deserve her tears after all she didn’t love him or so she had convinced herself for the past nine months. Ada prided herself of always being in control of all her relationships and as she traveled down memory lane now, she realized that she had allowed herself to be a sucker and let ego get in the way of her emotions.

How To Know a Nigerian Babe Just Wants To Chop Your Money

Love is a good feeling when it is true and every man likes to wine and dine with his woman, making her feel special and loved. However in the course of carrying out his many duties, he also has to take care not to be taken on a fool’s ride by crafty women, below are five sings to know if that girls only wants you for your money.

Ask Poshkid: Help, I am Having Sex With My Ex and In Love With Another Guy and I Have a Boyfriend

I dont normally run a relationship column on this blog except for the random tips but I got an interesting mail yesterday that arrested my attention on a relationship issue so I decided to publish it and based on your reactions may start a new category titled "Ask Poshkid". The mail was interesting enough for me to publish it and i would like you to leave your candid opinion and advice to the young lady. Read below: