Tag Archives: National Poetry Month

#youwillnotkillmetoday (NPM2017 20)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

death will come on the day it wants dressed as it pleases at the time he chooses death will come of that there is little doubt how it will be received is the matter here #youwillnotkillmetoday with ignorance because you … Continue reading →

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1 if by faith (NPM 2017 19)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  1 if by faith lined up next to none talking about chances found rolling down hill looking for a way up out of no way 1 if by faith best intentions with the devil over your shoulder young bucks … Continue reading →

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At the Berkeley Flea (NPM 2017 18)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

scribed in their blood

by ancient rhythm older than

the city they drum in Continue reading →

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in the land of skinny godz (NPM2017 17 )

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

In the land of skinny godz there is famine and want the people wander eyes closed voiceless afraid of punishment they tow the line ignore the crimes stand in the lines pray for better times but skinny godz don’t hear … Continue reading →

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left handed child (NPM2017 10)

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

i dreamed of the left-handed child standing in the middle of the road i have been dreaming about preaching on milk cartons most of my dreams come from the ocean my sleep is a classroom my teachers are mostly dead … Continue reading →

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first language (NPM2017 # 7)

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

one dreams in first language it is the language of prayer first language is where your soul lives where home is when it’s raining fire it’s where we land after falling through the ground we grow from the cathedral that … 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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discomfort (NPM2017 # 3)

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

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 in … Continue reading →

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30 in 30 National Poetry Month 2017

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

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 busy … 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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