Of things that will never fade
OF THINGS THAT WILL NEVER FADE
Yewande Adebowale · Of Things That Will Never Fade
There is a thing that will never fade
a caring heart that...
This too shall pass
This too shall pass
It spreads like wildfire refusing containment
roving round cities, countries and continents
the globe is on lockdown and recession is imminent
many have lost...
Voices from the abyss – Video
Voices from the abyss tells a story of juvenile delinquency and investigates its causes and effects. The poet draws in from personal experience in...
Irredeemably incompatible
Irredeemably incompatible
I once lived with a chronically incompatible couple
they were square-peg-and-round-hole disqualified
living under a sole roof
chronicling divergence
they were an exception -
the unlike poles that...
Numb-nimby
Numb-nimby
Not in my backyard,
yet.
leftover ruins shell by shell
impunious mounds pile by pile
deserted streets
as tribes decrease piece by piece
Izge weeps
first hit by camped scorn
Chibok mourns...
HOME OF PEACE
HOME OF PEACE
Adaobi could not believe the news she had just heard, the entire izge village was in uproar. The news of the kidnap...
In Days Now Here
IN DAYS NOW HERE
As the sun goes slowly blind
As day gives way to night
Does the earth bring forth works of the nocturnal kind
To light
As...
Book Launch: A Tale of being, of green and of ing
On the 28th of September, 2019 I hosted a reading of my second book of Poems titled, “A tale of being, of green and...
