Sunday morning, before the start of service you were standing at the foyer, (with your friend who talks too much)…
PoetoluSeptember 1, 2020
People who sleep naked cannot be trusted It's hard to decipher if they escape the heat or are laying down…
Tolu AkinyemiAugust 18, 2020
There are natural places old matesnot seen in years are destined to find you;like at concerts or airports, or red-handedat…
Tolu AkinyemiJuly 16, 2020
You are at your desk at work and by your arm sits a jar of your favourite cookies. You reach…
Tolu AkinyemiFebruary 4, 2020
She's at the cafe window, mug in handa young man steps into her viewout of an Uber, now sliding away.…
Tolu AkinyemiDecember 21, 2019
The fire's last embers long died outand empty beds remain emptyempty yesterdayempty today and forever but who remembers? It is…
Tolu AkinyemiNovember 24, 2019
If you make me fall in love with you Please don’t say you were not warned For as I fall,…
Tolu AkinyemiSeptember 14, 2019
Every night as she struggled to sleep a spider crept in through her ears and laid eggs in her head.…
Tolu AkinyemiApril 4, 2018
Early in the morning a true Nigerian meets a friend and like a game of ping-pong they play with greetings.…
Tolu AkinyemiFebruary 16, 2017