Wole Soyinka

My apparition rose from the fall of lead, Declared, 'I am a civilian.' It only served To aggravate your fright. For how could I Have risen, a being of this world, in that hour…

for Moremi, 1963 Earth will not share the rafter's envy; dung floors Break, not the gecko's slight skin, but its fall…

Earth will not share the rafter's envy; dung floors Break, not the gecko's slight skin, but its fall Taste this soil for death and plumb her deep for life…

Blue diaphane, tobacco smoke Serpentine on wet film and wood glaze, Mutes chrome, wreathes velvet drapes, Dims the cave of mirrors. Ghost fingers…

I think it rains That tongues may loosen from the parch Uncleave roof-tops of the mouth, hang…

Pas olgunluktur, pas Ve benzi sarı mısır tüyleri; Çiçek tozları çiftleşmek üzeredir Kırlangıçlar dansa durduğu zaman…

Your hand is heavy, Night, upon my brow. I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds, to dare. Exacerbation from your subtle plough.…

Hanging day. A hollow earth Echoes footsteps of the grave procession. Walls in sunspots…

The price seemed reasonable, location Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived Off premises. Nothing remained But self-confession. 'Madam' , I warned,…

Yağdığını düşünüyorum onun Kuraklıktan salıverilmiş diliyle Ağzının açılmamış tepelerinden, dolarak Yüklü müjdeyle,…