I heard the goddess, Themis Left the Circle of sight, To smell out all amiss And utter what is right. I read the goddess, Themis, Fortified her arms To raise above violence and peace, The scale beyond conditions and terms. I watched the goddess, Themis, kneel To make for herself a heart of…
Calling God’s Mobile Phone- Today, I boil my adhan in a kettle And the steams whisper supplications Effervescing through the ladder of pestle-straight Prayers into the ethereal coliseum. To elicit an answer, I wash myself in an ablution from every sinful act—crawling down into the crippled squat of an orison, rosary beads gliding on the…
“Boy, beyond the prison of loss” – For Josh The day breaks on my lips like sour prayers, sour agbalumo bleeding a thirsty tongue, and my hope wails in wonder. It reminds me how much thirst fills the Earth that it gulps many souls every day. Somewhere in this poem, A boy stands still…
For our bounty… “Wake up to reality, nothing goes as planned in this accursed world”— Madara Is it religious for a prayer mat to welcome a man who is saturated with his own chlorinated tears? There are many ways to strip a body and carve it, a door, for anything but sweetness. My…
Over the years, I have observed that appreciating poetry is one of the most effective ways to sharpen my intellect. Poetry also expands the bounds of my imagination and creativity. There are a few genres of writing that can enhance my imagination and creative genius, like reading and appreciating poetry. In this piece, I will…
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