Feyisayo Anjorin's Writings
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Short Story
Nov.14.2011
Litro, June 2011
This is the third Spoken Words entry for Litro Magazine’s ‘War’ issue - ’The Depressing Command’ by Feyisayo Anjorin, read by Terence Anderson. A major in a military regime in Sierra Leone faces a moral dilemma when the daughter of his beloved teacher commits treason.
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Poem
Feb.16.2011
Wings of splendour in the winds of fury
My first thought in the vastness of treasures
My longing for the land of buzzing wings
My living guide to the bond of splendour
My shield from the furious Caribbean winds
Heavenly memories and melodies of life
My secret like the Mariana trench
My thirst for the taste of the heavenly
My eyes and its devotion to...
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Poem
Feb.16.2011
Our land grew harder under our soles
Dust and smoke replaced the colourful
The ageing scepter of a dark soul
Should end in history as the comical
Our hand shrinks as they push
Whips stung the bold like scorpions
The scrolls says the sons of Cush
Will be carved anew as lovely sculptures
Our head fills with songs of the future
The dances brought...
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Poem
Feb.16.2011
They were missing
When our mission was fragile on the soil
Land and clouds as far as the eyes could see
They were hissing
When our vision brought pains like a boil
We strayed like floating wreckage on the sea
We were wishing
That our wounds would turn to scars
Seeing promises and lies like identical twins
We were fishing
Like a despised slave wishing for...
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Poem
Feb.16.2011
Stains could have the hold of chains
Wings could answer to valleys and mountains
Pains could be streams of gains
That keeps they eyes on flowers and fountains
Blames could burn like raging flames
As angry pathways to stunted growth
Plains could be nature’s claims
And hints of the most valued roads
Wells of passion could be pits of hell...
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Poem
Oct.14.2010
Who holds your hands and speaks of distant days? hands of a living wortharms of battles and victoriesthe seen is a tip of the unseenwho sustains your breath of the wings of grace? like a well rooted tree in a caribbean stormvalued presence and valued secretsthe seen is a tip of the unseen
Who simplifies the depth of passion? one word for an irreversible mixingnew...
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Poem
Sep.20.2010
We kindle the fires of our passion
our image and the uniqueness of vision
we are born to reach for the heights
the freedom of flags and kites
We are enraptured by the likeness of our dream
like the greenness of a plant by the stream
we are ruled by the power of love
and our shared desire to drink from the same cup
We raise the cup on the heights
a...
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Poem
Sep.07.2010
Evil eyes, a shinning light on fragile beauty
sour fruits of human curiousity
signs of approval like addictive music
oppressive bondage in the cloaks of security
Evil eyes and its seed of benefit
ponder on the timeliness of the planets
to dwell on the fantasies of heresies
births a fall with destructive violence
Evil eyes and its bewitching...
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Poem
Sep.07.2010
Evil eyes, a shinning light on fragile beauty
sour fruits of human curiousity
signs of approval like addictive music
oppressive bondage in the cloaks of security
Evil eyes and its seed of benefit
ponder on the timeliness of the planets
to dwell on the fantasies of heresies
births a fall with destructive violence
Evil eyes and its bewitching...
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Poem
Sep.07.2010
A fragile beginning in the clutches of an end
voices call for the certainty of our state
we have one choice in the world of men
our memories on this celestial stage
A momentous birth in the shadows of death
celebrations in the jaws of mourning
fortify a wall between sickness and health
sweep dark clouds from our mornings
A hellish pain on the...
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If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light”
—The Bible
About Feyisayo
Born in Akure,Southwest Nigeria; educated at Damelin College,Bramley,Johannesburg; University of Ibadan,Nigeria; and the South African School of Motion Picture and Live Performance,Auckland Park,Johannesburg.
His short story ''The Depressing Command''...
Feyisayo’s Favorite Books
The Bible, C S Lewis Collection, Small Island, A Time To Kill, The Famished Road