Category Archives: Poetry

A Left-Over of Selfish Confabulations

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I’m not any being I have no real existence But in the mind of amateurs and crooks Only instrumental without being any instrument I’m a mere idea, a left-over Of selfish confabulations I have not existence of my own I … Continue reading →

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the bird that sings on this pinnacle is a bad omen

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I will make this sober confession my friend, but it is a bold sum of general conviction. where my country will pour its libation and purge a blood of sacrificial lamb is a tough task for my determination. the bird … Continue reading →

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I Do Like Italian Food

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I do like Italian food And I sure like the women So please cease laughing at Me when I go swimming I like their eyes I like their lips so cute And I do love them in Their lovely bathing suit … Continue reading →

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I Married Her Smile

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I married her because of her smile It was stretched real long And I did truly believe that We’d be singing a song not too long But it seems to me that Smiles never last that long And the same … Continue reading →

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Do Not Stick Your Tongue Out

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Do not stick your tongue out When you’re walking round It would be so painful When you go falling down And if you’re eating With a chew chew chew Sticking your tongue out is Something not to do. So listen … Continue reading →

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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

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

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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