The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)One a.m. Stomach rumbling, driving home from a rocking gig. The message athunderin’ from my tum shouts a big,”No” to pie&chips. I feel too dizza for any kinda pizza, too loud for a shush kebab And that Southern fried Colonel’s chicken concoctions only make me gag. I just don’t fancy a biriani, or a burger […]
I nibbled as quietly as I was allowed(one must never eat open mouthed.)Whilst devouring my dinner with alacrity,a gastronomic brainwave came to me. I’m going to start my own corporation, it may require public re-education to get the world to see, like me all people on earth are busting for peas. A chain of restaurants, […]
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 […]
I piggy-back my Mrs; she feels almost weightless, both our kids are laughing uncontrollably riding on my feet. Their arms enfold my calves, and their giggling grins carve smiles on our faces too. Ahead, along the path, the gnarled, spirit hands of ancestors reach without grasping. I trudge contentedly.
I could go on – but why? This life of embittered melancholy, has chilled my spirit; frozen me. So – I quit. My position as an adult, I hereby refute, I have a new catapult which assuredly I’ll shoot at anyone and everyone who stands in my way toward freedom and innocence. My life is about to […]
This is Newportwhere we’re proud to live.Nothing to hide,a bit less to give.These hanging streets,which Chartists’ walkedare where kids learn to fightway before they can talk.All these placeswe loves to roamThe ‘port en’t much,but we calls it ‘ome. I could show you Caerleon’s bright spotswhere blads drive fast for fun;or Pill’s dark hiding placeswhere the […]
Rattling along on the 6 o’clock train, when along comes a chap who looks slightly strained. I nod, say hello, quickly look down again at my crossword; – ” ‘Hurts annoying people’? Answer? Pains”. My new companion looks rather intense as if he needs the loo but has no pence. He fidgets and sighs like […]
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)