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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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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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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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in the beginning (NPM2017 # 1)

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

in the beginning before the day wakes up i am whole dreaming the world as it should be i fly in my dreams i can see in dreams the dead whisper in dreams i listen they have let go of … Continue reading →

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black alice’s bluz (NPM2017 # 2)

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

fractured praying on the one one day maybe one not enough now not enough yesterday or the day before i am black alice running twice as fast to stand right in the same place today as yesterday and the day … 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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the house hustle made

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

this is the house hustle made born blessings due 101 in the shade rough rider striding through life behind the veil imperial no fade  the light in the house  hustle made instructed by the bones bottom of the ocean on … Continue reading →

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Old Men

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

blue black creased by living gin on their breath underneath the weight of the crush of being born invisible 5 dollar cigars and knowing in their mouths long eyes pained by memory grown in the shadows of years stacked atop … Continue reading →

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mineral folk

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

in the bottom of the world empty belly hungry soul diamonds in the rough roughing it pulling up on bootstraps yeah we do impossible sideways on life’s freeway just the beat & hustle no guarantees no promises no warranty just … Continue reading →

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Mike Brown, 2015

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

We would rather have our sons than wear t shirts That say rest in peace we know there can be no peace In the absence of justice no peace as long as it’s just us overstanding Black lives Matter no … Continue reading →

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