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Tyranny of Might

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

Future’s this, Fate, clasping her fingers tight around time’s neck, Choking life out of what we all understand to be the normal schem..

Sense and Insensibilities

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

For unburied occurrences, fatal flaws and mistaken judgements, Scars that run deep behind open wounds- Traveller, wanderlust- itchy feet- ..

Village Folk

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

We were on our way to Forgotten Country; a land of misplaced dreams- We never knew what was going to happen; only Heaven did. It was the be..

Wanderlust

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

Of heaven’s breath and royal tastes, Morning born, and ‘vender scents, Whispers tied in dayspring dew, My place in you, is new bo..

Going down River Road

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

At noon, and the sun blows hotter than blood from a gaping wound Sprawling into the street, four hoses spraying widely across the road With th..

The Streetlamp

A Story by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

The lines are blurry, he cried to me, for when he had gone to search the streets he found them all deserted, with no soul, save for the disembodied so..

Twenty-third Hope

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

Do we believe in stars?For we have good reason to, As one wakes up at the crack of dawn- or well before dawn, The one time waited much for, an..

Night Ones

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

The soft ones cry out for the coming of daylight, And our night passes but in one swift movement- like there was no night, Only shadows of dar..

Paradox: Movement of Stillness

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

Suffer their hands to bind them to their feet,Theirs are the ones that danced the dance of time,Tune of the ages-For time bore on their breaths, raspi..

Vaingrace

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo

I hear the warning but I can’t, It’s more like I'm turning my back on you- While I see the finger, I cannot deny I willingly spur..