Archive for category: Poetry

The Romasinder Skits

The Romasinder Skits

0 / February 20, 2012 7:38 am

by Dami Ajayi I 03.00 am   Come away from me, Lofty thoughts that bother Sanity and doubt, Come away from me, Right away!   And when I’m beside myself I eavesdrop on my inner man And another man, Their [...]

Four Poems by Tosin Gbogi

Four Poems by Tosin Gbogi

0 / February 20, 2012 3:39 am

the verdict of thunder   the world has been so silent today the hangman has outlawed noise   the streets have been so quiet today the emperor has proscribed gos-sips   the theatre has been so calm today the general [...]

Notes on Obscurity

Notes on Obscurity

0 / February 12, 2012 8:54 am

1. Sister Mustard died someplace Mount Ebola, I think, in Africa. They planted a mine on the headstone For a curious little boy to play with.   Kaboom! and his lost limbs won Weeklong notice on international news. Sister Mustard [...]

Three Poems by Kolade Ajayi

Three Poems by Kolade Ajayi

0 / February 12, 2012 7:53 am

The Bomber Drowned THE BOMBER TOO DROWNED, in his ripple Among the heads, at the belt’s attunement to rage, at the last dead chant– HEAD TO THE SCHEDULED FEAST ON virgin demons; breaths– doused in limbo, hurried on shrapnel; incenses of vengeance against [...]

The Mannequins

The Mannequins

1 / January 30, 2012 8:36 am

by Benson Eluma Claire, now they make the mannequins with long legs They give them huge buttocks and big breasts But they leave their lips thin and their noses aquiline They dress them up in damask and head-ties They do [...]