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Ayokunle Falomo on April 5th, 2011
EPISODE 1
(H)Aiku - We never Die
Yes, we never die
We will live on forever
Lie, for we all must
EPISODE 2
IRONY OF LIFE
Leaves and shades of green
Cluster minds of the aged
Leaving bright rays here
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Ayokunle Falomo on April 1st, 2011
I Speak Not of a Fish
It’s my occupation
I have to catch fish
My preoccupation
is the Tilapia, the salmon, the catfish
I need one so I could fix a nice dish Continue reading I Speak Not of a Fish
Ayokunle Falomo on March 20th, 2011
CAUTION: SPELLING ERRORS, GRAMMAR ERRORS, SENTENCE STRUCTURE (FAIL), ORGANIZATION (FAIL), COHERENCE (FAIL). Just bear with me! It’s a bumpy road ahead! Get a glass of water, a bar of chocolate, something to cushion the ride!
Be thou gentle on my work
For [...]
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Ayokunle Falomo on March 9th, 2011
EPISODE 3 not very many REALIZE very many plot [...]
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Ayokunle Falomo on March 7th, 2011
This would be a series consisting of about 10 poems that employ the use of minimalism (using as less words as possible to convey a meaning, or sometimes ditching conveying any meaning altogether), and also these poems will follow a specific meter scheme (maybe [...]
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Ayokunle Falomo on March 6th, 2011
I feel like I’m an outcast, I don’t belong here Others around me are happy, while I am downcast, I don’t belong here Ugh! Can you shut that damn baby up? So annoyingly loud Thank Goodness, now he’s silent [...]
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Ayokunle Falomo on March 4th, 2011
A fateful encounter, or was it?
I would want to go back, and pause it
However, our encounter served a purpose,
Much deeper than what it looked like on the surface
There was something more to it, at least I thought
To accept it was business as usual, that feeling I fought
Continue reading Business as Usual
Ayokunle Falomo on February 8th, 2011
Okondu, a young man in his early thirties. Young indeed!
- “Age is an issue of the mind”, he has always proclaimed. “As a matter of fact, I feel like a young baby trapped in a 32 year old body”. And indeed, he tells [...]
Read More Suicide is a Suicide, Or is it?
Ayokunle Falomo on February 3rd, 2011
Last Year – Failures, Successes, etc. New Year – Expectations, (Im)Mortality, etc
If there is something I’ve learned over the course of my life, it’s that the summary of life is to be born, and then die. There is a little space in between [...]
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