Yomi Edward
Ipadeoyin by Yomi Edward
Eledua bless the moon That led me here There I was, lost and torn A sun-free heart grows fungus as rots Too lonesome to tangle Too torn to linger… Dragged here, by my restless feet Then nature unfolds yet, her exotic craft You started counting seconds I was already counting endless ages of savagery…
Gathering Cloud by Yomi Edward
Araba, What are you still doing out there, unmoved? Are your ears so muffled that you cannot hear the river roar? It is approaching… Won’t your sense dialogue with your feet? Sounds of grumbling clouds… Mothers calling out aloud Fowls running home to roost On whomever this torrent sees It beats… In haste We…