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Lawal Opeyemi Isaac

Opeyemi is a final year student of Physiology at the olabisi Onabanjo University,Ogun State,Nigeria. He has had immense love for the written word from his tender age, and is about now trying to make his voice heard.He writes poetry and short fiction.

DARK DEEDS

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 189 views Fiction, Flash

Jun 012011

As you lay on the grass alongside Chukwuka, your boyfriend, you felt lightheaded. He whispered, “My queen, my one and only,” to you, the classroom walls hiding you both from [...]

LESSONS AFTER A LONG NIGHT

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 62 views Poetry

Apr 102011

The night seemed so long, Dragging on wearily Like it were unto eternity. *** I wake up To the soft sounds of drizzling raindrops As they gently caress the dry [...]

THE WATERY MILK

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 208 views Fiction, Flash, Short Stories

Feb 202011

Your milk has gone watery! Abidemi’s voice rose high as she argued with Oladele, her husband outside the house. Her voice was a sharp knife that cut through the serenity [...]

ST VALENTINE'S MEMORIES

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 67 views Poetry

Feb 132011

Last season We were together, Hearts entwined, Passions burning, Coitus made in heaven, One a compliment Of the other. Download article as PDF

TIME TO GROW

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 73 views Poetry

Feb 092011

A time it was

When the lyre’s lustful lush lyrics

Stirred the silent wind

Out of her slumber

In the serene evening,

Stirred in us an awakening,

A call to our stolen sessions.

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 102 views Poetry

Feb 012011

He walks up to you

Desolation painted on his face

As he tries to smile,

Hunger hugging at

His paunchy stomach,

His raiment in tatters,

Believing his squeegee

And soap can

Will squeeze a few Naira notes

Out of you.

IT'S NOT THAT EASY

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 380 views Fiction, Mainstream, Short Stories

Jan 232011

You brace yourself as you walk towards the beach. Today, you will conquer your fear of the ocean. The evening is humid, almost airless and you are sweating. You undo [...]

THE INTERVENTION OF A SNAKE

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 155 views Fiction, Mainstream, Short Stories

Dec 192010

“Gosh!” Jibola let the word out with a long drawl. It sounded more like ‘gash’ with a forced American accent he had picked up from the many disco parties he [...]

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 75 views Poetry

Nov 212010

Morning.

I wake up

And greedily inhale lungfuls

Of the crisp clear air

That prepares me

For everyday’s vicissitudes.

TO THE ONE

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 145 views Poetry

Nov 022010

Her beauty

Is like the sun

Setting on the waterfall

In springtime,

Mine

The strength and grace

Of ten thousand purebred

Spanish horses,

Like bee to nectar

Was the attraction.

AYOKA'S TWO WORLDS

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 68 views Fiction, Mainstream, Short Stories

Oct 212010

Ayoka had sat on the veranda that evening, expecting her father’s return, waiting to hear the familiar heavy thuds of his steps as he came back home. If she had [...]

CONCILIATORY ADORATION

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 80 views Poetry

Oct 122010

Horns and percussion blaring,

Flowing Agbada mingling with

Stiff collared three piece suits.

The songster’s voice and the congregation’s

Merging,

Rising to heaven in adoration.

OLAYINKA'S DEFENCES

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 101 views Fiction, Mainstream

Sep 302010

The smell of curry permeated the small room. Electricity was low; the creaky ceiling fan whirring lazily did little to dispel the smell. Its creaking as it struggled to circulate [...]

MR OLUMIDE'S EXPERIENCE.

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 164 views Independence Day Contest

Sep 242010

Olumide Ashaolu didn’t mind the midday sun that burned him, like it was intent on turning his chocolate coloured skin to a charcoal black. There was much gaiety in the [...]

AYEWU'S RESOLVE

Posted by Lawal Opeyemi Isaac 91 views Flash, Short Stories

Sep 152010

Ayewu wishes people could peel away the thin veneer of his smile and see his frustrations underneath. His siblings demand money from him at unannounced times, their many faces looking [...]