Monthly Archives: September 2014

Autumn

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements Summer fades its burn leaving room for rain dancing & the calling forth of winter but autumn will have its day short long night gold leaves falling on a transitioning a going to be reordered so autumn resembles an … Continue reading →

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Prayers for Peace

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements trust in righteous love but tie your camel I pray for peace as I sharpen swords my prayers have only known times of war I pray for peace as I protect my weapons my love for peace no ladder … Continue reading →

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The Death of Innocence

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements the innocence that wrote love poems and captured beauty like life could be kept fire-flied in a bottle fled slowly/ leaving pragmatism on the dresser in a shade of clouded jade there is little to say of love or … Continue reading →

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Where are my weapons

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements sitting in the middle of disarranged diminishing potential having passed torches hard to see so it seems light is fading life burns as fast as clips empty in drive bys I wait on the future to deliver what I … Continue reading →

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