A MEMORIAL by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
Across the dirty lane That leads to a journey of no return, Her hand wiping the air, Eyes like a pit full of smiles, Only her hand spoke silently. Today......
WWW (WORLD WITHOUT WOMAN) by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
World without woman: A day without the sky, A sky without the clouds, A dice without numbers. Flies on the rottenness of man; Hovering Silence in leaked cans, A Street...
I SLEPT WITH HER by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
On a day when the breeze seems lost, Roaming the streets, disturbing the trees, The rain came in search for the lost, That night... I slept with her. . I...
VIGIL by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
I held the hands of the night, Walking into ages, Through her present scent, Then she showed me all things. . Her hands were cold; Santa's snows, I shivered in...
TENIOLA by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
The beads around her waist; Tastes of sweetness on tongues, Sitting majestically on a throne, A throne of two seats. . Eyes saw and went sore, Hand wished and always...
OMUTI by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
We rested our barking backs On the wooden arm happiness, Happiness that will vanish At the sight of a fuming cigar. . We cracked cracking jokes, Those of Ajoke and...
ONE DAY… by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
I sit on this sick chair, Rolling dice upside down, Calculating disfigured figures, The answers, a sticky solution. The pin that pierced my sole, Made my hope to hop, Only...
A BEEF IN A PIE by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
I told my bills to come tomorow With poor tongues of faith, Will i be met tomorrow? My today is hanged on the tree of idleness. My lungs cries of...
THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY by Oluwatobi Israel Akinbode
A blessing from the gods, Her strength incomparable, Divinely grafted by gifted hands, The fallen bottle yet unbroken. A tool not to a fool, A robot doing every task, Useful...