Tag: Creative Corner
Street Beggars
Do you want to go anywhere? Kelvin asked me, holding open Monte Carlos glass doors. It was after dinner and Kelvin, a high school...
But it's true
Don't run. You can't hide
Don't slip 'cause you'll slide.
Don't call and don't write.
I'll just argue. You'll fight.
I won't sink. You can't swim.
You knock. I...
A midnight encounter
At 1:00 a.m., I sat in the basement of 3565 Wideridge Road. The two storey duplex house belonged to Aunt Angie and her husband...
The Riots
Even the birds sometimes sweat in the heat of northern Nigeria. The soft hum of the air conditioner blends with the sounds of early...
Love and lasers
You sat discontented—well I know,
As I killed that grunt with an SMG.
And theres no surpassing your eyes glow
So despite the coolness of Halo 3
I...
The photograph
When I look at an old photograph,
I see old friends
boasting blue and white robes,
with mortar boards perched upon their heads,
looking into the camera's conscious...
Wanderer
i stand here unsheltered, unprotected.
my only shelter: emotional, courage,
one man facing the immortal unexpected.
a deluge of fog, a rising moss
aimless, irrevocable, and unrestricted
resting under...
In pursuit of bubble tea
My roommate Kimberly and I stand in front of the Bubble Tease shop at Eaton Center, Toronto. A sizable crowd clusters before the cash...
Les escargots
I had a breakthrough as I sat at a table in the patio of a Parisian restaurant on a sunny afternoon, scanning the menu...
Fate of an angel
The seconds crawl by,
Slowly, painfully, each one
deathly silent in its
disappearance.
On this heavenly island
Beneath the pale blue sky,
Where the Almighty king
Inscribes His words in the...
The King and I
Like the hollowed inner tubing of a siphon
You drain the remnants of my wilted spirits
Collapsed and spent on my back
Mouth pried open, hands raw
Im...
Theo Pam
The school bell rings, Theo and I barely hear it in the backstage hall.
The backstage hall looks like any other hallway near the music...