Category Archives: Poetry

Cage

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

shhh… just breathe fret no more it is time for they have always been there curling ideas seeding thoughts through whispered fogs tendrils writhing under prickly skin you wear way too tight for moving free it will only hurt a … Continue reading →

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Interrobang

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

interrobang cough prancing pony feet outside my door nose barely crossing threshold gate into my dappled morning Ambrose Thompson

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The Crown

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

In those days, White ants only posed It could not devour a stone You dared not dare the crown He ruled like a KING But was he just a king? The AKODA truly made watering mouths But only for the … Continue reading →

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Suffocating

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

It began in open windows and although These windows were a bit tinted I believed In space in time through the erasing Of time itself; this was needed most To be gone, therefore, forgotten Breeze in the backyard From the … Continue reading →

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Alajerun

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Odun Orimolade (2013) Title: Alajerun, Medium: Acrylic on canvas, Size: 76cm x 91cm.   Alajerun Won kun fun oro Won kun fun eyin Awon alajerun, won kun fun enu Enu iro, eyin oro, alajerun Gbogbo nkan ni won maa je … Continue reading →

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At a Café Window with an Empty Glass of Tea

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

If asked, What do you want from love? An older me, and so a younger one, might have cried out, Everything! and not meant it. The soul of youth fails in its rush toward definition. Now, and after much time, … Continue reading →

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After Three Take Dinner

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

The last time I looked out the windowat the Mississippi River down the road from here,and like I could see it rippling,I was softly toeing around the bedroom like I had a secret.It’s not such a cautious love affair anymore.Dogs … Continue reading →

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Musical You

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I want to go to California, baby, and write you a song in aggressive fires that threaten every building around us, and I want you to teach me like you can to dance and say words with my body in … Continue reading →

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Gazing ’cross Time

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I gaze across time – and see the seconds that have passed into years. And the dreams that were mine – have faded with time – laid to waste by my fears; Now undreamt they die then washed away by … Continue reading →

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Smile At Me :)

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Love to feel your joy, Cuz it lifts me up too; I can never feel alone, Sitting here with you. Love to hear you laugh, As you so often do. Love to watch you smile, Cuz it makes me smile … Continue reading →

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