Daily Archives: October 15, 2014

Wither

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

greying out awash and fading eye lashes wither pink smeared cement under foot cauterizing tides of stemming fancy black hole empty Ambrose Thompson

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I’m a Prostitute

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

In actions I believe though it’s a forceful belief In love, I go mute ’cause I’m a prostitute Parents left when I was twelve not a penny in our shelve Family lent some hands But only to remove my pants … Continue reading →

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Lost in time

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Now his foes yawn throughout the day and their table craves for a flower vase and a drop box. They have killed the unicorn! But their hands are stainless but their eyes are daisy. Arindam Banerjee

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I am only I

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

You are Attired and Arrayed and Assured in your conspicuous excellence, And I am only I Think, imagine, picture yourself as a tree of great shade See in your mind its immensity Its mighty boughs and the birds among them. … Continue reading →

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Holding Almost

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

As one gets older Getting older seems to change. Time no longer passes The way a car passes, Getting smaller in the distance, Concentrating, Consolidating; the thing That passed a moment ago And the spot that dots the road’s end … Continue reading →

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