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Lit Mag · Poetry

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Shit Lit

  • September 11, 2012

by Benson Eluma Traffic in truth and troth, Truck in wares of scorn and porn— Hearts we wear out on walls As into holes our fundaments wail. All around the[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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The Cabals

  • July 7, 2012

By  Kolade Ajayi.   The cabals are not only the Lawanis; They are well bribed out of it. The cabals are not only those who are entrapped, Though they await[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Three Poems

  • July 7, 2012

By Richard Ali   How Wild Horses Die A braying in the ear, the scratch of pen on parchment The heat of radiating blood boiling earth in a shimmering Of[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Three Poems

  • June 9, 2012

By Rotimi Babatunde ______ Oedipus Rex: The Comedy   Daughter… Listen:   Once upon a time                 a cat                 swirled like an iron vortex                                 whirled                 as[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Three Poems

  • May 26, 2012

By Hajo Isa   Bird Eye Your courage is sure, I watch you swoop and twist above The receding skyline.   Carelessly you glide, Leaving the sweetness of stolen heaven.[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Two Poems

  • May 12, 2012

by Chris Ihidero   I Don’t Want to Cry  I don’t want to cry It’s just that it’s hard to walk pass you daily as you lay in the ground[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Five Poems

  • May 12, 2012

by Alkasim Abdulkadir 1. Stoning from Glass Houses! The took away our lands And built glass houses They took away the stones So we won’t throw stones At their glass houses.[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Farewell Song

  • April 14, 2012

by Razak Malik   Yester-night in the                 Hazy moon-light Tears littered the                Corridors of those streets Memories searched for                                 Lost dreams- shattered history Once I heard dreams were born                                          Now[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Fragments from Sanskriti Kendra

  • April 14, 2012

by Uche Peter Umez Poetry of Pots A butterfly skims over my path, as if I’m scented with pollens. I trail after it, craving harmony. It leads me to a cozy[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Linger Still

  • April 14, 2012

By Soji Cole That black Friday When the canoe berthed by the bank You entered as a passenger Oh, how can you be so unsuspicious! Not to know that the[…]

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