Daily Archives: May 2, 2014

Myths of Sand

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Years have fallen in disuse after dark winds of October Forget to chill My hands grew pale, adhering to the rules named season Who shall now believe the alphabets of moon? Shining dumb in my ancient bed for so many … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

My brother winked at me from his beloved newly bought Jaguar “Wanna go somewhere in summer vacation?” I felt a little dumb at his query Vacation needs some vacant you, some vacant me And you can put some you in … Continue reading →

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Only If One Knows

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

The doctors hate me Though I become quite a frequenter At their mad-cap nursery Where this ancient sages Sit at their shrine, lures, gazes, fumes. They clarify the naughty children of earth The knowledge of all riddles That they seem … Continue reading →

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Aggression

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Have your quit notice Lest for sacrilege I’m jailed What nature are you, exoskeleton nouns That always to see is to kiss To smile and embrace brothers Numberless times per day? Neither red nor crimson in texture Your limbs are … Continue reading →

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Lord of Harvest

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When I trod round these long green hairs They neither hid nor exposed your things for jam Cutlass and hoe are fame of old Submit me my file to a dairy home The blistered ball-breasts swing to meet the sky … Continue reading →

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Coin

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

One soul slept A nation in my eyes wept And gazed like a rooster to see the fourth day spout One soul died A nation in my mouth praised the lord And committed the seventh night unto God’s hand Gbenga … Continue reading →

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Entity

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I explore the souls of clouds delve into anti-cyclones and other spinning things. There is immense ocean chewing even triremes befuddling air rescue searches there are escalating gales apparitions of drowned seamen, their bobbing seaboots to consider. I made the … Continue reading →

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Felines

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Spitting cat fecal smell you yowl at full moons. You’re stealth rock-cold heart interstellar-chill eyes rat-catching talons sleek machine. You preen like a Cleopatra I’ve never seen such vanity; were you a girl lovers would slay themselves. Robert James

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Khan

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Ice battles bareheaded Monguls sweeping the world. You only retreated to select a new ruler otherwise your empire would have been widest in history. You chewed over the steppes like a blizzard, to the doorstep of Vienna. You were rapist, … Continue reading →

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Coat of Harm

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

The eagle stirs flamboyantly On the targe perch The horses stare continuously By the lush prop Comity of nations endlessly wonders Fifty and three annals The red one yet to soar In its avian majesty And the chargers still to … Continue reading →

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