Category Archives: Brick House Collection

Brick House Women (NPM2017 15)

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

brick house women don’t dream God they dream of the ocean walking on water through fire of rising like mist over rivers overcoming with the sunrise standing up when the sun sets when they dream of falling they then dream flying … Continue reading →

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in praise of memory(NPM2017 13)

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

i remember to remember i remember born knowing i remember knowing before knowing i remember sankofa bird on my doorstep singing the ocean for me every step i take every breath i take wind and dirt instruct me i remember … Continue reading →

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beyond capacity (NPM2017 9)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

there are places you may never see out beyond the end of the known past the safety nets where the air thins the ground is rocky there is no path all roads are uphill where life stretches you like a … Continue reading →

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crazy((NPM2017 # 8)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

some days you can see  crazy sitting cross the room grinning legs crossed nails polished bare assed naked crazy light shining from its good eye yeah you can smell the metallic burned copper smell of it running in blood dancing … Continue reading →

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brick house sunrise

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

open the curtains in the brick house let the light spill in peeling back the dark illuminating broken things scattered like litter on the side of life the broken dolls games that glitch the only for this side of town … Continue reading →

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out of body (NPM2017 # 5)

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

my body my black girl body has never been mine stands in need of reclamation is a site of oppression a battlefield to be conquered bartered criminalized minimized trivialized made a chariture masking your desire to consume the very vessel … Continue reading →

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black and white (NPM2017 # 4)

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

imagine me as i am fiercely beautiful a black and white negative growing in the shade of contempt like a desert rose fragrant in the funk of it unbowed refusing to be broken being everything else and then some more … Continue reading →

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brick house steps

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

there is blood on the steps of the brick house chalk outline washed away the blood is here to stay there is a cloud hanging over it won’t go away she’s quiet they call it solid in truth what would … Continue reading →

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queen of the brick house

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

(For Fran) queens don’t always have crowns some scrub floors and wash dishes some walk to work in the rain some have hands that show the ways of their days hard work and waiting for the seeds planted to come … Continue reading →

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underwater

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

the water is rising in the brick house having led many horses to water and watching them die of thirst in the brick house we have learned to outlast the rain we tread water we can’t dance upon baptize ourselves … Continue reading →

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