Daily Archives: December 28, 2013

Mushroom

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Hidden beneath the surface The vegetation burrows through the milieu Absorbing what it needs To produce the fruit That spumes towards the sky In ashen plumes With hues of the sun Setting below the horizon Intently autumnal Before the bleak … Continue reading →

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The Spider Effect

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

How could failure be my gain? As much as I tried hard Sad and tired I had tried and failed again I nursed the thought for moments Importing sporadic loosed comments I gave up… Was about to give up Like … Continue reading →

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Nude

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Tables for two It’s me and you In our air of love Come let’s celebrate Our first nakedness Let this auspicious dove Bless the rays of our fate This soothing openness Come, come, come Strip it bare Naked without shame … Continue reading →

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Insurrection

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

They categorically stated: ‘It is your lot to be subservient; Accept it without struggle.’ The following diktats were Emphatically articulated: ‘Embrace the limitations of Your kind, be content (with Whatever crumbs we Dole out to you) or, The fate of … Continue reading →

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Judith Shakespeare

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I know Judith Shakespeare is alive. I have seen her scattering her dreams To the howling winds outside. I have heard her stifled sobs resonating From closets, cloisters, caverns alike. I have seen her dewy tears freeze on The very … Continue reading →

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Thy Freedom Come

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

(for Madiba Mandela) When freedom laughs at you All you have to do is laugh back Even when freedom laughs and lashes You still have to retain that calm smile To reconcile your living with your existence Yea, freedom is … Continue reading →

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NIGHTMARES

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Night falls on the sunny city In an apparel of darkness the day is clad Giving away our festivity for a dreadful carnival Horrored by weird cane-armed maskers Trailing us in this moment of the dull doldrums… Morn o come … Continue reading →

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Don’t Do It

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Listen to me This cannot be Don’t do it It will pain you Putting pea’s up your nose David Schwartz

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I Grew A Fig Tree

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I grew a fig tree In my own back yard But I couldn’t figure it out The figs were awful hard I put one in my mouth Then I bit my lip Figs in the diner is surely not like … Continue reading →

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Plea of a Seeing Soul

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Take me not to a brook for bath celestial Where the mind jitters furiously about Sudden ministerial acts unforeseen That in cassock and collar might seize my breast And untie holy sash toward canal assault. Take me not to this … Continue reading →

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