Cactus Over His Feminity | Poko Virtuous | Poem



Nigerian Spoken Word Artist and Poet, Poko Virtuous (alias YoungCupid) writes a poem that narrates the ordeal men who look feminine go through.

In the poem, he explains how that the feminine-looking man is mistaken for a gay, hence is deprived of what other ‘normal’ guy or straight guy enjoy in an homophobic nation.



Famous Nigerian Media Personality and Poet, Poko Virtuous (alias YoungCupid) writes about the tragedies men who look feminine go through day in day out.

The poem which opens on a note of ostracism that is the daily lot of many feminine-looking men, ends with the man saying, ‘but I didn’t create myself neither my voice.

In this seminal poem, the veteran writer hopes to convince his readers that being feminine doesn’t equals sexual orientation, and that people of  this nature shouldn’t be discriminated or marginalized.

Read the poem:

Poko Virtuous


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