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Thinking about intoxication levels. We start at the stage which is merely convivial when you’re chatting with family, strangers and rivals, consciously avoiding being too critical. Less about the serious, more about the trivial. Then like great Aunt Daisy after her nightly glass of sherrywe tipple on to the next stage which is, of course, […]

The Bata drum is traditionally associated with the worship of Sàngó, one of Yoruba’s Orisha (ie. God). Sango is the Orisha of thunder and lightning, fire, rhythm, vitality and dance. The drum’s beat is a call to spirit, echoing through generations and symbolizing both resistance and joy. ‘Take This Bata’ is my attempt at a […]

On the valley’s hillside lie shadows of tragedy.Phantoms, memories of a generation lost in sorrowthe black rock they clung to turned murderousAs they were served slurry for breakfast. The pit, and its treasure they clung to for succour, for workbetrayed them, gave forever anguish,blanketed their fathers with the blackest dustand served them slurry for breakfast. […]

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 greets shore with a gentle kiss, There’s a beauty deeper than the level of skin – The people-hood of “ddu ar gwyn”. From coal scarred valleys to bustling cities, People of all races, cultures and identities, Come together, experiences blend, knowing 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 […]