The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)Hello there... I'm Pete Akinwunmi, aspiring poet, singer, harmonica player, saxophonist, sports psych & erstwhile rugby player. On this site you’ll find my writings in the form of poems and song lyrics (a few of both accompanied by video footage) expressing my love of words, word play and fun expressing personal psychological insights related to being the best you can be or at least as happy as possible with what you are.
Conceived, shaped, and moulded by generations the gentleness of hands long gone continues to form me. You gave me the will to breach the walls of time, and the keenness to hold and care for those to come. I am thankful for my ways, this chaotic flood of impatience lit by flashes of sagacity, this […]
In the caverns of my soul, where spirits cavort with words and silence murmurs masterpieces as yet unheard, I find solace and excitement in the art of writing. It’s a tempestuous affair, a flame that consumes me, compelling the ink to flow from my pen as the blood does in my veins. I am bewitched […]
Welcome to the epoch of public execration, To the spectacle of inter-netted public approbation Victims selected for society’s gleeful obsession With prolonged and public denunciations. A time when casual callousness rides the wave of fashion And cruelty becomes the face we wear; no space for compassion. This world, it seems, is not equipped to hold […]
In Wales, where mountains rise to the mist And where sea meets shore with a gentle kiss, There’s a beauty deeper than the level of skin A people-hood of “ddu ar gwyn”. From coal scarred valleys to bustling cities, People of all races, cultures and identities, Come together in harmonious blend, Welcoming each other as […]
The Drummer’s beat incessant, spits the rhythm straight and narrow,words, unheard and lifeless are eulogised as tarot.Yet he looks beyond time for shifting, shapeless shadows. Syncopated breaths of hope stay the rages of maniac and hysteric.Poison promises grey the images that haunt the gaunt psychotic.And sweetened threats soothe the breasts of the aggressive and pathetic. […]
I didn’t fall in love,didn’t think it was up to me,she came close enoughbut never pulled me outta my tree I gave her expensive thingsand watched as she laughed.I wasn’t used to playing gameswith folk who never made me sad. I took her to a carnivalwhere she wore a virgin’s frownshe told me I was […]
I’ve been through changesAll of my life.Version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4Now I’m into version 5.I believe I am vergingOn another trickYes I’m pretty certain that soon I will bemoving into what will be my version 6!1 2 3 4 5; 1 2 3 4 5 (x2) Version 6 point zeroIs about to […]
(You don’t have to solve the world. You can stroke a cat and guzzle beer”) I’d like me a cats’s day, 24 hours without effort or views.A placid, subdued day, no work and no news.With the moggy in my lap, purring, asnooze, a whole empty day to do nothing, just as we choose.A day of […]
When I first looked up and out‘Twas enough to make me shoutIn wonder and surpriseAt what I saw thru the water in my eyes.A Leviathan on thingsWhich moved without gill, tail or strings.A face, looking clueless into my homeAll nosey while he moseys.What is the stuff above the eyesThat waves like the crowfoot that lieson […]
At fourteen I was old enough to know the weight of a voice that cracks like a ruler on a desk. In the Children’s Home, trouble meant thunder, names thrown sharper than sleet against windows, silence clamped like a lock on the tongue. . From punishment I learned to freeze, not think; to brace, not […]
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)