It is the Thinking That We Have Arrived

-Dayọ̀ Ayílárá Image credit: Ahmad odeh It is the thinking that we have arrived when we are nowhere that made Ọlọ́wọ̀ look Ọ̀rúnmìlà in the eye. The result was that yams no longer shot in their beds, small rivers wore garments of leaves birds’ songs hung in their startled throats. Like the striking of two red stones against each other in the birthing of fire that roasts yams … Continue reading It is the Thinking That We Have Arrived

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Issue 2| Old Forms, New Worlds

A Cup of Laughter

-Nket Godwin Image Credit: Emily Liang Once upon a life, at night or in the day, A frog may hop across the path in your choices. A bird may fall from the sky of your dreams. Isn’t it funny how we still weep, Knowing whatever flies could fall? Sojourner, put your sorrows down, Rest a while, drink a cup of laughter. The road of life … Continue reading A Cup of Laughter

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A One Thousand and One Moonlit Night

-Halima Ahmad Image Crédit: Julissa Santana Once upon a moonlit night,a whisper on her tongue, a wish, a fleeting fancy, sweet and young. In chambers draped with moonlit silk, she lies, Takitse, with fire in her eyes. To hold her breath, a captive of the night, and steal a moment, bathe in silver light. A harem’s secrets, her only shield, as dawn’s first light threatened … Continue reading A One Thousand and One Moonlit Night

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