Unfinished poems
“I read in the paper that my brothers are being thrown from rooftops blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs for violating sharia law. I heard the crowds stone these fallen men if they move after they hit the ground. I heard it’s in the name of God. I heard my pastor speak for […]
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Inside the Greenwich pad of the revolutionary graphic designer and inspiration for Mad Men ” The latest subject of NOWNESS’s series with Apartamento magazine is celebrated art director and self-described “graphic communicator” George Lois. Known for designing 92 covers of men’s magazine Esquire during his ten-year tenure there, and working to create the iconic “I Want My […]
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40th Symphony (Entry for Sydney Writers Festival competition, ’25 words or less caption for a photo’) My lies were incautious and transparent, yet she couldn’t pull apart the strings. She had simply been trapped, trapped in the symphony of violins.
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Where am I (2016) Lyon was tired, he was tired of repetition. Travelling to work one day he was not focussing on where he was walking. Engrossed in his phone, Lyon ended up taking the wrong turn. When Lyon eventually looked up he realised he was not in a place he had been before. He […]
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Warm Emotions (2016) It is in the Mediterranean warmth that emotions are heavily inflamed. It was my first time in Spain and it was everything I could have imagined. The women were beautiful and the lighting constantly like the perfect filter. I strolled the streets and guided by an orange ambience of the street lights, […]
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African Man – A tribute to Maya Angelou (2015) (My Mr. Africa Poem) I sometimes seek inspiration, wondering where it lies. It’s neither here, nor there. But behind my own eyes. But when I start to tell them, they think i’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the width of my shoulders, the strength of […]
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Mr. Africa 2015 I was constantly asked by my friend/organiser of the Mr. African 2015 pageant to be involved, so I one day caved in and agreed. No regrets, ended up being an amazing experience and I came runner up which is even more surreal. It involved 3 cat walks, consisting of formal wear, casual […]
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Dreams and Reality (2015) The battle rages, your last soldier falls Nothing stands between us and me penetrating your walls, but, I stopped at the sight of her… Suspended in the nautical twilight, like a Waning moon For she was the sun, and I was a flower, freshly bloomed. The air was heavy, the night […]
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A poem for you (2015) Your tired, please relax. your tired, face the facts. I want you to be happy, I’d do anything to see you free Free of the chains we’ve placed on you, I know your skies have been grey, but please, I’ll paint them blue. I would have love for you to […]
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23 (2015) Jumpman, Jumpman, jumpman. nah this ain’t a poem about Michael Jordan, sports, raps, the game, how much I got, or about how I wish I wrote something smoother for the ladies. This is simply a poem titled 23, the amount of years I’ve been alive. I was young, I broke my arm. How […]
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The Blues (2015) Google would tell you the #blues is a twelve-bar sequence, melancholic music of black American folk origin … Cornelius Eady would say the blues is a woman … Miles Davis even managed to somehow see the Blue in Green Some would even see the blues in deciding what socks to wear. But […]
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Heads or Tails (2015) heads, I tend to overthink things, I tend to under think things, I tend to think about things tales, i try to avoid things, i try to act like i’m 23, i try to act like it’s never going to land on heads Heads There’s a war going on outside, inside, […]
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Ambiance (2015) What is your perfect lighting, The kind you can hide in ? Are you the type, To the have the light so bright Not even a thief could creep in the night What if light had a scale between one and five Shiieettt, imagine if humans didn’t need light to survive. Would you […]
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I want to (2015) I want to stimulate hidden sensory I want you feel a natural ecstacy I mean, forget your Ex, I wanna b the entire alphabet something like A to Z Something like X to C Set your wings free Unlock the hidden parts of you to be While you sleep, vision this […]
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What do you mean (2015) Hmm, what do you mean .. ? What do you mean I shouldn’t run What do you mean I can possess a gun What do you mean I should stay here What do you mean it’s fair for my brother to live in fear What do you mean I should […]
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I Closed my eyes (2014) I closed my eyes and just typed Because I am the type to open my eyes and see if it’s right but not tonight, I’m going to keep typing till i regain my sight i;m vibing on at 16 second loop, I feel the bones are fihr for me to […]
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Urge (2014) I feel an unhealthy urge, to step into the possibilities of unknown I feel as if I need to pursue you on a physical level, I mean, Yo .. ! Hmm, I feel an urge, to give you a dosage of my surge, it seems as if it was a dream, but for […]
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I Can (2014) I can see further than you can see That’s a minor difference between you and me I can hear things you can’t hear Because you choose to block out all the sounds you fear I can feel feelings you’ve never felt You simply can’t handle the life you’ve been dealt I can smell […]
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The Night Sky (2014) The night sky I connect the dots in the sky I own a chair in the backyard that has a 180 degree recline So I can see everything that happens above me Because I don’t care what happens on the ground level I can see I’m obsessed with the night sky, […]
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She’s Alive (2014) She’s alive She’s healthy Her river runs … Temperature, the sunnn It doesn’t run dry It’s blue, the sky her hips her eyes Got me shook, no lies Plentiful I would baptise myself in her waters Can you hear her bass, Can I hear it .. ? I can feel it … […]
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