(for Martin Carter of Guyana, 1927-1997)
On Valentine’s Day
I have transgressed good order
& incommoded traffic
in front of 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue.
There is tradition in
reminding governments
of the job in need of doing
Arrested then on
the White House lawn
for unlawful entry –
trying to educate
the hearts and minds
of an administration
dumb and blind
to the world outside the gate
I am arrested for transgression
I am a disruptive integer
John Landry
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Ijagun Poetry Journal is a quarterly journal that provides a platform from which we can tell our own stories in the authenticity of their multiplicity through the poetic medium. We don’t want to hear these stories from our master “griots” alone; we want to hear from those mastering their art, too. Hence, we aim at publishing new and emerging poets. We also welcome the works of established poets in order to encourage the poetic genius of those mastering poetic art. We prize original works that conform to, break or reinvent conventions. Again, we accept reviews and critical essays on poetry. We also accept powerful art works and photographs that make us appreciate the "poetry" in everything.