Monthly Archives: April 2017

discomfort (NPM2017 # 3)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements i tried to paint the picture they shuddered i needed them to see they averted their eyes i needed them to hear they put their hands over their ears they say they want to understand but they can’t stay … Continue reading →

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in the beginning (NPM2017 # 1)

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements in the beginning before the day wakes up i am whole dreaming the world as it should be i fly in my dreams i can see in dreams the dead whisper in dreams i listen they have let go … Continue reading →

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black alice’s bluz (NPM2017 # 2)

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements fractured praying on the one one day maybe one not enough now not enough yesterday or the day before i am black alice running twice as fast to stand right in the same place today as yesterday and the … Continue reading →

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30 in 30 National Poetry Month 2017

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements In honor of National Poetry month and my first language; I will offer a poem a day for April 2017. I feel things that can only find air in a poem and in these times I find myself too … Continue reading →

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