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About Ijagun Poetry Journal

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.

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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Burst of the Bubble

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Life, a bubble That brings a struggle The bigger it grows The thinner it gets Till it bursts Then a shout of wailing Now an eternal serenity For man forgets too soon The memory of the late But sweet is … Continue reading →

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Temper

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Temper Can bring Trouble Anger Can breed Anguish Why not Tie your Temper Temper Tantrum – Big name That can Cause you Regrets Throughout Your life Hammer This your Anger Before It claims Your life Just like Hamman’s Abiodun Soretire … Continue reading →

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The Tongue

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Floating, I myself in a gastric universe Behind the serene white picket fence I am nothing but a slow moving bit of tissue Not even a muscle really, just undulating Liquid but solid, always fidgeting Plastered to the roof of … Continue reading →

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Absence

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

This is the place where loss was Where your eyes cast doubts and streaks Why do people write about death? It is the great problem And what is literature but a movement To solution through etched exploration? This is the … Continue reading →

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Messiah Prevalence

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

The trope is a hillside offering A generation in danger of extinction Of dire need of some revival Individuals chained to the ingratitude Of the mechanized design, trudging Forward with its factory efficiency Then comes the figure, unlikely hero Usually … Continue reading →

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Tigers Living Free

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Corridors of powers… Pierce on roses Contractors of tyranny Kill at free will The wolves… The sheep Clawing and tearing Policies draining terms Conditioned suffering Impostors of salvation. Whips whipping blades Teeth dripping bloods INNOCENTS. Hampered freedom Fear there… It’s … Continue reading →

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Sleepless Nights

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Your thoughts hold My heart imprisoned And my sleep eludes As scenes in me unfold. I stand at a cross-road Again read your letters The love each word exudes Leaves me arms crossed and cold. It’s been a fortnight That … Continue reading →

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