Poetry A Pot of Mud Last night the boy was thirteen This morning he is thirty To look out of his window Asking ‘where did…Tolu AkinyemiSeptember 15, 2015
Poetry Two Kisses Too Late Time that heals all wounds with time With time has brought me wounds. I married a man A man I…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 19, 2015
Poetry A Word About The Sun A Word About The Sun It was already That time of the day That ushers the day away. Across the…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 17, 2015
Poetry Waiting! Waiting! The water a man will drink Cannot flow past him Is what Grandmother told me. So I stand here,…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 15, 2015
Poetry To Cook A Stone To Cook A Stone Don’t ask me How I feel A butcher doesn’t flinch When he leads the humble sheep…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 14, 2015
Poetry Don’t Say With Your Eyes Only Beneath a tree of hollies Alone my love and me I coo in words you only Will ever hear from…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 8, 2015
Poetry Scarecrow Scarecrow I'm so scared of being alone I'm so scared of being alone Is the song of the scarecrow As…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 4, 2015
Poetry A Note Of Warning A Note Of Warning If you make me fall in love with you Please don’t say you were not warned…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 3, 2015
Poetry Twenty Children Twenty Children Will not be playmates For twenty years. They become workmates Secretly intimidated By each (climbing) step The others…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 2, 2015
Poetry The Girl Across The Street Thursday evening, two minutes past six You were standing by our street With your (talkative) friend Your skirt gently teasing…Tolu AkinyemiAugust 2, 2015