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My life began with a skeleton with a smile and bubbling eyes in my garden of dandelions. Everything else fell off the edge, a jigsaw puzzle piece cut in half. When young, I pressed against my mother’s breast, but youthful memories fell... Read More
Inside this late October 31st night, this poem turns into a pumpkin. Animation, something has gone devilishly wrong with my imagery. I take the lid off the pumpkin’s head light the pink candles inside. Demons, cry, crawl, split,... Read More
The thought and smell of an imaginary beloved taste, Is enough to get your chest clenched, Create watery substances in your mouth And a constantly grumbling belly, Waiting for the sight and taste That could take you to an elevated state of... Read More
For a thousand times, I wrung your warmth And tonight, I am pressed to do more Never want to know what this presages But I know that I am fit for this race I have been drowned in your tortures And the pains give me no more pleasure It's not too... Read More
Let your hands cup these mounds Filled with longing and desire Fueled by absence and need Let your fingers crawl on this skin As a tourist on a vacation site For my body is a country Traverse, be lost I will find you Let your eyes through... Read More
by Ridwan Atolagbe A piece of a broken reflection Slaving under the unattractiveness of the sun What a halt to the insensitiveness of the mind? Drown in the sea of its own uncertain thoughts My look with an assertive pride What a... Read More
He came with pretense, Claiming to be what he's not, His speech and actions incongruent, Like a very corky predator, He waited till he got the opportunity to pounce on his prey. She was as innocent as a child, With a clear mind, Without a doubt... Read More
In my spooky clumsy closet Lies the dull sulky puppet Towing the wanderland Watching the whirlwind As it brushes on the face, nostalgia And cuts the mind with the soggy idea Under my smile Is the bud that tastes bile Locking up the biting... Read More
The Cosmos is a beautiful place As beautiful as it is, there are toils we face Every passing day, we strive to be better And also try to get stronger When push comes to shove, family and friends turn strangers While strangers become... Read More