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– Spilling everyday experiences with words –
The Market Runs on Greed
© Nicholas Gordon, 2020
Born in 1940 in Albany, N.Y., and have lived in New York City or its environs for most of his life. He began writing poetry in the early 1980s. His theme is such a variety of philosophies and life experiences anchored on the reality that – “The only way to see something whole is from several points of view.”
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Hearing Voices
His Counsel
Lad! Remember that no man ought to forgeta child’s tender youth is like tempering of waxapt to receive form – discipline before affectionmix threats with a fair look, manner with wit. A potter fashions his lay when it’s softa sparrow taught to come when younghot iron by a hammer’s stroke begets formand keeps it forever […]
A PASSAGE FOR NNENNE
4 It was the stuff of a satire, were it not painfully true. Nnenne sat silently on a black-spotted Ankara patterned sofa surrounded by chattering friends and coworkers. She and a handful of friends at Lolo’s urging – her childhood friend and workmate, had gathered at her residence to celebrate a hard-fought promotion greeted with […]
Louder Than a Riot
© Ugo Nkwoala |Spilledwoords.org | 2020
A PASSAGE FOR NNENNE
3 Mid-age has come; almost lost is the brags and security that goes with the beauty of youth. Will the colors of a peahen be for its survival or pleasantries? Nnenne dared for answers.A non-conformist – Nnenne nurtured her confidence in the free-to-be-you household she grew up in with her mom – a teacher by […]
