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.
Glockenspiel, timpani, trumpet, saxophone, clavichord, harpsichord, guitar, big trombone. Harmonium, euphonium, oboe, vi-o-la, tambourine, violin, cello, pi-a-na. Xylophone, paper & comb, tuba, or bassoon castanet, clarinet, tuba oompah-boom! Now, if you don’t have even one of these, how will you make your tune? The cheapest, smallest instrument will amplify your soul – a ‘tin sandwich’, […]
A beautiful child at the schoolyard gate, pretty smile lights up her face. Last day, turns her back on school growing up feels cool in a cold-blooded world. Doesn’t matter what’s in her thoughts. Her face and body is what the people want. She’s an innocent doll, head in a whirl. beguiled and seduced by […]
PART I. I stumbled through a childhood drunk on woe.Like a bagatelle ball flipped there and here.And into a void of thirty years or soI’d poured gravel, sand, garbage and tears. The emptiness stayed hollow,though it resounded just enoughto convince those who would followinside was interesting stuff. Nothing that entered that space of spaceever stayed […]
He leaves not a footprint; makes hardly a sound, he lives in a cloud, deep underground. His shadow is white, the moon makes him tan, that’s why he’s referred to as ‘Opposite Man’ He’s as blind as an owl, as wise as a brush he smiles as he whines and growls like a thrush, darkness […]
PUBLIC IMAGE; PRIVATE PAIN So you made it, your dreams have realised. Don’t you break it ‘fore the glory dies. You’re gonna hate it, if they see behind your eyes, stick with the shades while the spotlight shines. Your reputation, must be maintained, falsification; that can be arranged. Public relations, will wipe away the stains […]
Everybody is a bit of a TWaT, Everybody’s a little bit of a TWaT Everyone’s a bit of a TWaT, so what do you make of that eh? Everybody’s a little bit of a TWaT! – Everybody is a bit of a TWaT – right? occasionally we’re rude instead of polite. We be tossers and […]
Why d’you have to fall in love? I thought you had more sense. We had a lot of fun, shoulda stayed just friends Why’d ya have to fall in love with me coz I, live my life kinda wild and free. Just like a leaf on an Autumn tree I go to where the wind […]
Broken Man I was torn from my mamma I was ripped to shreds I’ve been a whole lotta things worse than dead If I’d collected every tear I’ve shed I’d be drownin’ in a lake way over my head [Chorus] Don’t you try to make it with a broken man No sense in tryin’ to […]
We had a great conversation, she leaning toward me paying attention. Me venturing lines I think are amusing and she smiling reassuring, relieving my anxiety and quite knowingly I suspect, bolstering my dispirited ego. My bedraggled self image, exhausted, still collapsing after experiences of so many lows with all the princesses I’ve ever known. – I […]
Wily Coyote, the cartoon character, can’t self animate; can’t commit murder. I saw him run through a steel clad tower, all that’s left was his silhouette, he was devoured. Then, Wow! From the other side, to continue the lie out pops his nose, just like Pinnochio’s, ‘fore it’s lost in the smoke; fade to black […]
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)