Ridwan Tukur
Atlas •Rounded as a dome up northNorth of your nubian bodyBody dripping with the flowFlow and waves of the seasSeas across your veinsYour veins, startled by my handsMy hands rub…
Continue ReadingAtlas •Rounded as a dome up northNorth of your nubian bodyBody dripping with the flowFlow and waves of the seasSeas across your veinsYour veins, startled by my handsMy hands rub…
Continue Readingi could love myself he didn't appreciatemy temple in allher glory,only lusted after thelightwithout an appreciationfor the darknessor the fierce flowers thatgrew within saiddark;he couldn't see a worthto anything that…
Continue ReadingVanessa She asked me to pick up her dog I picked up my laptopShe never asked for so much as a wordexcept when she did, she said - There are words…
Continue ReadingLiquid Lipstick Massacre Work From Home For Cyn Nonfiction, New Year’s Eve 2020, Blood --And honestly, the last thing I expectedbefore the year was done…
Continue ReadingI'm-beholden I taste your lipstickIt's a prophecy I can't resist.I follow you in a bee's danceTo a flowers nap, and take my lanceTo prise it open.It's an iridescent opal,…
Continue ReadingThe Pull * Inspiration comes from Instructions for Living by Erika L. Sanchez as published in The New Yorker “The past is the past is the past,” yet …
Continue ReadingBroken Photo #23 or Contradictions you understand so I explain it slowly our bodies are ours to enjoy & no one else’s but I’ll enjoy you enjoying mine …
Continue ReadingWhen the Antidote to E.D. is Just a Walk on the Beach For a winter break from the snow and rain, my wife took me to a sunny beach down…
Continue ReadingRequiem Raindrops cascaded down the stained glass of the old cathedral, playing out a monotone requiem that held an ethereal beauty in its simplicity. Each individual drop ran a slow…
Continue ReadingSeen Through Crossing She passed, sovereign and powerful,as only a beautiful woman knows how.Unaware (perhaps) of the uproar causedin the hearts and feelings around.Supreme gift donated to humanity by the…
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