Author: Lion and Lilac
Three Poems | Ahmad Al-Khatat
Unwelcomed Farewell When you articulate nothing at all My heart becomes an occupied city With the noise from the rockets, not birds The clouds drop blood on my fictional planet. The blue skies open its chest to those fireworks I look at those happy faces, lovers kissing lips, and pretty dresses. I am […]
Four Poems | John Grey
ATTRACTION We come to the dinner table like prospective tenants looking over a new apartment. She claims the situation with the giving of her eyes. To me, looking elsewhere is untenable. I take her all in like the sweep of a lighthouse. Her face is as delicately lovely as a fawn’s. My […]
Three Poems | Sofiat Omowumi RAMON
Èjíírèé (After reading “Ejima” by Vivian Nnagboro) The wind told me how hurt you’re as it almost burnt my skin while relaying your message. Èjíírèé . . . My demise brought me closer to freedom— with my wings fluffy like the summer cloud, I now soar above the ailments which once tied me down— I […]
Two Poems | Tohm Bakelas
wayward bastards of a dying america blessed with misfortune we write poetry with the rain these highways hold ghosts, their reflections are visible in passing windows our spirits have been broken by the dull beating drum of repetitive days, days so fixed you can feel an endless pulse of pressure days so […]
Arrival on the Last Day of August|Rotimi Osiyoye|Poetry
All afternoon, we swallow wine bottles, work our feet into tumbling, and don’t stop. We drop our books, sack our debts to look at our new sun: the supermarket we can visit by foot. We drive, carving the streets into smaller pieces, for memory. For the first time since birth, we stay out ’till it’s […]
Four Poems | Michael Brockley
Where Am I Poeming: A Bards on the Run Poem for K. T. You type a poem on an orange typewriter for the man who has traveled the world seeking the holy grail of boxer shorts and the secrets of the exotic bananas plotting to take over local produce stands. You make it up […]
Book Review of THIS CITY KNOWS MY NAME by Abayomi Abiru
I sow my hope in the loam. Soon, I shall have A garden radiant with dreams… //Seedling In A New City Abayomi Abiru displays his transcendence as a poet and storyteller in his debut book; THIS CITY KNOWS MY NAME. With similes, metaphors and imagery guiding and exposing, the charm of words enshrined in […]
Review of Afonja The Rise
Reviewer: Adeola Gbalajobi There is an acute dearth of historical fiction in Nigeria. So, when a book like Afonja: The Rise is published, it certainly piques the interest of a book lover and student of history like me. I burrowed into it, excited and curious about how this author would breathe life into the past […]
Sometimes I Wish It Could Always Be Day | REVIEW
Sometimes I Wish It Could Always Be Day is a collection of poems that feed the soul of every wandering reader. Poems in here do not fear challenging the thoughts of explorers on its canvas. This is a book of poignant lines with a message for the black and thriving soul. The author, Ajibade, definitely has […]
Amife Sabatina’s Little Words- A breath of Fresh Air
Words influence us, whether miniscule or piercing words. And as writers, we are duty bound to write those words. Amife Sabatina’s debut shows a writer on a mission. And we can evidence the mission right from the first page–where the poet enjoins us to: Hurry and make a story. Hurry! A quick moment and it’ll […]