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dreams of flight/ 2

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

yes Baraka its a little difficult some days damn near impossible but i remember to remember you asking is it a little difficult? knowing its been harder for so many know they came in and beat you bloody locked up … Continue reading →

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on freedom & suffering

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

to own nothing is to be free or so its said suffering is caused by want they say small footprints with no sign of your passing they say i say sing loudly want things own your want your sorrow your … Continue reading →

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the accounting

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

when the wolves and sheep are counted when the scales are finally balanced when justice can see when the clarion sounds & the good men come forth where will you be when the times of camels & needles eyes is … Continue reading →

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respite

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

by the sea somewhere far away from concrete & sirens where birdss make lazy circles over the water peering underneath from up above diving in to capture dinner on the fly far away from chalk outlines grim faced children drugged … Continue reading →

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walking with wilson

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

i have been walking with wilson out by the ocean cross the water seen both sides got baptized by a ghost who gave me a song that was my own drug that song thru the graveyard wrapped it in star … Continue reading →

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here & now

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

because now is all there is because one can stand on yesterday but can not live there because the future is not here now is where the stage lives where the characters parade in their glory in their shame in … Continue reading →

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A Deeper Shade of Black

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

some things can’t be given back your father’s chin your mother’s knees the kiss of melanin the fullness of your lips the curl in your hair somethings define you whether you want them to or not you can reject the … Continue reading →

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Free Poem

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Poem#24 (4/24/2015) Free Poem (From 30 Poems in Thirty Days) this poem would like to be about something other than poetry or why I write it wants to be beautiful shiny to take you somewhere you discover something so beautiful … Continue reading →

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the builder and the grapevine

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

i send regards to the fig tree i have been uprooted again on a new porch sending prayers by crows to oshun & shango i whisper to the grape vine promising it grapes i am here you will be cared … Continue reading →

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Porch Light

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

ain’t no way of stopping the flow in alignment ready to roll u can get behind or get off the road my people ain’t heavy born to carry this load i don’t defer dreams i make them explode make confetti … Continue reading →

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