Monthly Archives: May 2014

Call for Submissions

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Ijagun Poetry Journal invites submissions of poetry, reviews, essays, and anything about poetry for its June 2014 issue. We also welcome art works and photographs for the issue. Please, endeavour to send your work before 20th June, 2014 if you want it considered for … Continue reading →

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IJAGUN POETRY JOURNAL: Vol. 2, No. 1, March 2014

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Editor’s Note What is poetry if it carries not an iota of poetic truthS? I must acknowledge that I owe the idea of truthS to Linda Hutcheon. When Charles Bukowski expresses the view that “Poetry is what happens when nothing … Continue reading →

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IJAGUN POETRY JOURNAL

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Vol. 2 – No. 1            March 2014 Contents Tim Trimble The Slap Dreaming Diego We Two Paul Benton The Ice Cream Man Is Burning The Magical On the East Bank of Mississippi River, New Orleans … Continue reading →

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Tim Trimble

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Ken Trimble is sixty years old and he lives on a mountain in south eastern Australia in a town called Warburton. He has published six books; four books of the six were published by Littlefox Publishers. His latest book is … Continue reading →

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Paul Benton

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Paul Benton was born in Sedalia, Missouri (short-lived home of Scott Joplin) and learned early on to love and appreciate poetry and wordplay through Dr Seuss and Edgar Allen Poe. He has had poetry appear in dozens of journals including … Continue reading →

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Mahima Gupta

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Mahima Gupta is a 17-year old poet from Kolkata, India. She is a student of Class 12. Writing has been a very important part of her life since the time she realises how wonderful it is to pen down one’s … Continue reading →

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Basit Olatunji

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Basit A. Olatunji was born in Ifon-osun, Osun State, Nigeria. He is a poet, an editor and an essayist. His first poetry collection, Thoughtful Reflections, was published in 2011. He is also working on his first play. He currently teaches … Continue reading →

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Stephen Mead

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

When not being a creatively-frustrated Secretary employed by a very nice University in NY, Stephen Mead is a published artist, writer, maker of short collage-films and poetry/music mp3s.  Much can be learned of his multi-media work by placing his name … Continue reading →

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‘Deji W. Adesoye

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Ayodeji W. Adesoye was born in Epe-Ekiti (Ijero Local Government) in South-Western Nigeria. He attended the University of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 2010. In 2012, he advanced to the University of … Continue reading →

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David Schwartz

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

G. David Schwartz is the former president of Seedhouse, the online interfaith committee. Schwartz is the author of A Jewish Appraisal of Dialogue (1994) and Midrash and Working Out Of The Book (2004). Currently, he is a volunteer at The … Continue reading →

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