The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)Olatunde and she, knelt beneath the same cross. Sharing a missal, they were close enough to smell the sweetness on each other’s breath. They talked shyly initially, laughing unnecessarily, she, unraveled metropolitan inanities he, extolled the beauty of her wilderness. Thus, they came, breathless, into each other’s lives and reveries. Shared moments fizzed by, yet […]
We went walking just off the main road, ‘bout half a mile out of town. We went past the old skinnin’ yard With it’s buildings all fallen down. And the evening air was heavy with lilac The rays of the blood red sun did shine The river meandered by so slow I could have sworn […]
I sailed out too far and ran aground ‘cos she looked like an angel and talked like a woman. I hit the rocks and my ship went down, I didn’t see the danger ‘cos I’m only human. She sailed me out to the middle of the ocean took me below and lay me down then […]
“…they say I’m too old to fall in love; I say they’re too young to know.” I hope you grace your smiles on everyone,as you ‘cha-cha-cha’ through your world of funand remember the times you swirled in ecstasy.I hope you still dance with audacious flirtation,that your heart sings hymns of joyful generations.and your jazz still […]
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i)