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Where are my weapons

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

sitting in the middle of disarranged diminishing potential having passed torches hard to see so it seems light is fading life burns as fast as clips empty in drive bys I wait on the future to deliver what I failed … Continue reading →

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Baggage

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

there are things i know things that came with me things older than me older than my mother and her mother things from the wind things from the ocean things sung by the dirt i remember the roll on the … Continue reading →

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Nambie

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

you know nothing of my life neither the contours or its jagged torn edges not its superfluity nor me in my sublimity the salient sweet funk radiating out of my unborn thought dressed in melanin the saving grace of the diagnosed … Continue reading →

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notes for horn

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

notes for horn makes me wanna say sumpthin fly when baby play horn like that it makes me wanna spit some cool issh slips me into mental grooves  sweet melody in my ear inspiring in me lyrical menus lilting like … Continue reading →

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Carmina’s Request

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Will you quiet me in the night? when my brow furrows and my hands reach for something on just the other side of this reality. I have read books of shadows eaten legend and digested fable searching in chaos with … Continue reading →

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twos

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  in a world of twos i missed the ark lone after dark had my share don’t care  that their not here any more Just don’t like alone mo the type to dream of nights in Khartoum walking barefoot by … Continue reading →

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Poppy

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Poppy slowly like silk rustles he undressed my reservations skillfully seductively entering my mind a man for all seasons rite & here now hard as the times fine as grannies brandy & just as strong daddy make mama groan all … Continue reading →

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Conjure

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Conjure this word an incantation to bring you now while this fever burns before blood cools now in the heat of the last summer before fall is forever while i still crave being sectioned like a ripe sweet tangerine dripping … Continue reading →

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X

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  living in legend feared revered removed your corpse a sign of contested resistance pouring  oil on paths to cold realities spiritual uprisings and songs of salt water you are forever living dead in myths of truth subverted held in … Continue reading →

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The Lower Bottom Playaz; Full Metal

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Bullets are usually made of lead. If you cover a lead bullet with copper you get a Full Metal Jacket; an armor piercing projectile. It is our intention to wound you with art. You will leave feeling something. You  will be moved . … Continue reading →

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