The Matriachal Order
The Matriachal Order
Bound by hands and feet
as a patient in an asylum
Mother leads the troop of the matriarchal order
into our humble abode
Blades rusted in...
BLEEDING GREEN
BLEEDING GREEN
Anomalies like silence
for name and voice
are freely bestowed
on all
Listen;
to decibels of earth and seas
to tongues of eagle, wave and wind
in easeful dialogue
there is...
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...
How long will the sane remain?
HOW LONG WILL THE SANE REMAIN?
It hunts sanity
like a crazed pride of desperately starved lions
on hunt for prey
launching verocious attack
on body, bone, biscuit bone...
Dance with me
DANCE WITH ME
Will you dance with me?
Barefoot
to a wordless song
Will you dance with me?
Barefoot
heartbeat to heartbeat
Come, let us to use put
the strength of youth...
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...
Time Capture
TIME CAPTURE
wombal canal heaves continuity
within its chambers as a child is born
ushering into immortality
joy is here, ripened by the morning sun
navel to push, cervix to labour orn
gestational...
Of time, of age and other fleeting things
Of time, of age and other fleeting things
Do you never tire
of the slow motion of a constant stroke or of the tick-tock
of Olympian detachment?
On...
