Tag: Lion and Lilac
Three Poems | Yuan Changming
Mindful Mindset 1/ Here: Into the Reality You see, here’s the leaf dyed with the full Spectrum of autumn; here’s the dewdrop Containing all the dreams made on the Darkest corner of last night; here’s the Light pole in the forest where gods land From another higher world; here’s the swirl You can […]
Four Poems | Donna Pucciani
Four Poems | PW Covington
Vampire Conditions These are vampire conditions, Brian Pulling in all manner of matter and kindness Taking it all, letting nothing escape The many varieties of vampire Stalking through William Burroughs’ Western Lands Through Milky Way Los Angeles…and worse Vampirism is as American As the Internet Always taking more than giving Dead and dying, always more […]
Four Poems | Ramachandran M A
Broken | JB Favour | Fiction
18/07/2021 Chains… Blood…. Tears…. Sweat…. These words might help you envision captivity or one needing rescue or freedom of some sorts. But maybe…just maybe you thought wrong. The one who truly needed rescuing isn’t in chains. At least not literally. But if you cared just enough to look harder for a second more… […]
Being Beautiful: Conversation With Toluwalope Molake, The Nigerian Artist Awakening African Pride And Identity With Hair by Adeola Gbalajobi
Affection & Other Accidents – A Poet’s Grief and Vulnerability watermarked in this collection of poems
Reviewer: Creative Titan Dami Ajayi’s latest release “Affection & Other Accidents” is his third volume of poems, after his first volume “Clinical Blues” and his second collection, “A Woman’s Body is a Country” which were released to great acclaim. This new release reveals a poet at the peak of his literary powers. Like the […]
Just One Slap: How ‘Blood Sisters’ Highlights Domestic Violence
Reviewer: Adeola Gbalajobi Nollywood has often been accused of producing subpar movies, with questionable storylines and poorly developed characters. Sometimes, it is guilty as charged. But occasionally, Nollywood offers its vast audience a sparkle of brilliance, going beyond its insular storylines. And I think with Blood Sisters, Nollywood went all the way to give […]
Four Poems|John Grey
MORNING IS Morning is a sparrow perched on a rooftop, trilling short sweet notes. Or a blue jay circling, hacking like an old man clearing his throat. It’s not me. It’s not my yawns. It’s not my knuckles rubbing their way into my eye sockets. Morning is always beyond the window. It’s a flower nudged […]