THE DEVIL’S PAWN (Excerpts 2)
I. WHAT SEEK YE? What seek you in the devil’s lair? For they return not that come here! They breathe not again, my dear; Those that sniffed its foul smelling...
BRILLIANT DARKNESS (by Fr. Albert Jungers)
[caption id="attachment_774" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Brilliant Darkness[/caption] In the Congo where titanium reigns Tears fall like blood upon the ground. Women pay a heavy price For metal so light beneath them...
POETRY (by Kannadasa Dasan)
[caption id="attachment_769" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Poetry is not..[/caption] What is ancient medieval And modern poetry? Poetry is not a period! Poetry is above the period! What is sonnet rhyme And Haiku...
COMEUPPANCE (by Osagie Fervency)
[caption id="attachment_765" align="aligncenter" width="217"] Comeuppance[/caption] 'Fear of cultists' is the beginning of wisdom: For there can be no gamble with life so fragile. Schools of learning harbor these children of...
SUSTENANCE! (a poem for starved children by Chikatito Jones)
I saw it quite clearly, Though it was no more than a glimpse. It was the rich yellow – The yellow of sun-ripened mangoes, The 'opioro' mangoes of my youth...
NOW IS THE TIME
[caption id="attachment_103" align="aligncenter" width="394"] Now Is The Time[/caption] Need you be judged before you know When your heart already flogs you so? Must your sinning soul die and rot Before...
THE DEVIL’S PAWN (Excerpts1)
[caption id="attachment_120" align="aligncenter" width="237"] The Devil's Pawn1[/caption] I. The Bargain He who holds the Devil's brass coin To the warmth of his loin Will pay with golden coin double And...
OF SPEAKING THUMBS AND FISTS (…the treachery of the 2011 polls)
[caption id="attachment_114" align="aligncenter" width="333"] Of Speaking Thumbs and Fists[/caption] We have gone once more like before— Even though the wound is still a sore— For they said the wind was...
RE-BEL (by Damien Xavier Grant)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="244"] Re-Bel[/caption] I am not To be feared Or revered. But I am The realization of your worst fears And nightmares For I am an Intelligent man...
UNTITLED
[caption id="attachment_713" align="aligncenter" width="195"] Untitled (Love is too pure to be labelled)[/caption] I stand here, lost, Gazing with love, or lust Into your face. A slap from Sango's caloused palm...