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Beauty
(Opinions)
18-01-2005
by Akinwole Philips
As I viewed the minute lives under the microscope, I saw certain beauty in all of them. Some are so elegant and artfully colored like the Indians and the Massais of Kenya, others are tall and slender like the Fulanis of Nigeria. Oh! I saw...
Can I come?
(Poetry)
17-04-2004
by Akinwole Philips
Can I come, striding in gently
Into your culver house?
I will not flutter the dovecote
Not stir the cosy nest.
I’ll be still by your side
Learning your rune and rhyme
Steps, strides an’ styles
Then, we’ll dance together
Like the swiftest...
Fulani: Uncommon People In A Changing World
(Short Story)
11-04-2004
by Akinwole Philips
The high-pitched song of a young Fulani boy resonated across the vast open spaces of the arid land, carried far by the light dry air of the harmattan. As the wind sped by, the voice rose in intensity, much like that of a songbird straining its...
Share it
(Poetry)
17-04-2004
by Akinwole Philips
At times life becomes bitter,
Queasy like a gall.
And the burden so much for mortal's head to bear.
The debts, the fear and cares with sighs
Suffocates like fumes of wood.
As it was this morn.
The spinning head, the aching heart,
The...
The little creek in my village
(Poetry)
3-05-2005
by Akinwole Philips
Yesterday, I drink of you without fear
While you drip freely from
hanging leaflets.
Giving freely the purest life.
Today, I drink of you with much tears
While you drag foully for
human droplets
Taking freely the fragile...
Where is Engracia?
(Poetry)
13-01-2005
by Akinwole Philips
Where is Engracia?
Has anybody seen her recently?
Do you hear from her of late
or catch her gracious glimpse from afar?
I know she stays in the beautiful
city of Sabadell
but has her tentacles all around magnificent Barcelona.
Do you...
You didn't
(Poetry)
17-04-2004
by Akinwole Philips
Remember the day I asked you out
To the forest and kept you so long?
I thought you’d be annoyed
But you didn’t.
And remember the night I dragged you to the Lab?
And you said you’re sleepish, and slept in the Lab?
I thought you’d say, “Oh!...
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