Category Archives: Poetry

here

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

i was here this morning right before the sun rose warm in the covers not awake dream thinking knowing without knowing moving like water or wind naturally  powerful unafraid soaring i was here this morning brave as a new day … Continue reading →

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Thirty Poems in Thirty Days National Poetry Month 2015 ucc

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I accepted the 30/30 challenge offered by a group of fellow poets. This is the result. Thirty poems written in 30 days. Poem#30 (4/30/2015) North American African Poet i am a poet language and ideas are my meat & bread … Continue reading →

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gentrified

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

like a Palestinian boy with just a pile of rock i am helpless they are the invaders they have invaded grammie’s garden cutting down the bell tree planting sustainable drought resistant grasses that don’t take me home like the smell … Continue reading →

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grammie’s song

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

her song so soft like the smell of jasmine on summer wind no words a simple hum like soft hands on your shoulder when you are tired like encouragement when the bruises show a gentle whisper saying you can holding … Continue reading →

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ghost words

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

when  a language dies there is no funeral the grief has no words silent as a dead forest memories unclaimed like loss baggage carrying home gone now with the words to describe the new sunrise the look in a lovers … Continue reading →

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linqua

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

separated from the words left only with the experience outside words no reason outside language the imperatives that bind me are impenetrable separating me from knowing how to heal myself I suffer without words to describe the pain that started … Continue reading →

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stillborn spring

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

It should rain in the winter one expects the wind trees get naked in anticipation it should rain in the winter children should grow up you should shudder at your pain reflected in the mirror or your brothers eyes it … Continue reading →

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lifted measure one

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

sometimes it gets hard to lift something must be shifted can’t go on this way even if youre gifted can’t drift in the game twisted i insist i get a grip i know the story flip the script stealing my … Continue reading →

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Rendition

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

i grew in the shadow of the tales of her the shining mistress with open arms who crowned the good on streets of gold with a chicken in every pot a job for every man & no child left behind … Continue reading →

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spider woman and twin war Godz

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

    riding with spider woman and twin war Godz born into a state of war divined to be she who remembers shield carrier spear chucker hard to duck her up right in storm moving forward like water persistently efficient … Continue reading →

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