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Introducing “Conversations with Nolina”.

Author’s Note: Sometime in 2022, I started writing imagined interviews. I created a fictional host, Nolina Banto, a warm and curious young lady and talented media professional, who interviews fictional…

Farewell, Dodo

You lived well.

When you came to me,

MMXXIII

Carats for you: A Thank You Note.

Dear Reader,

Alloyed

Love poetry, with literary hoops.

Let our eyes brighten. as they, together, dance.

Let our thoughts hum. to a synchronous rhythm.

Let us hear our scents. like the natives say.

Marina

Conversation-styled fiction. I wanted to write a story about a word that had different meanings, all interconnected in the story.

[Setting: The front desk of a holiday resort. A guest is checked in by the front desk hostess who leads her to her room after the check-in is completed.]

Passages

Going through.

(Coping with grief & loss: From news-breaking to resolution.)

You hear nothing else after the doctor says “I’m very sorry; we did all we could, but…” It cannot be. No. You collapse right there on the spot.

Germination

About a house called Ulé Àlá(áfíà).

“Stop passing the road in front of that house when coming back from school,” Adejola’s mother reiterated for the umpteenth time.

Un-apart.

Ici. Maintenant.

I once said, Wámiwálé, Dúródèmí.

Come find me at home.

Wait for me there.

Now I say, Wámiwábí, Dúrótìmí.

Dreamer Girl

(16.huit.)

When I first saw her,

Ìfẹ́olúwa

God of ALL comfort.

Your love is firm, like ground under-feet.

You remain the Rock of Ages.

It is liberating, like wind untamed.