A friend asked me about Abayomi Animashaun's poetry reading last night. I answered - and figured I might as well share it:
I think Abayo's book The Giving of Pears is much more interesting than your run-of-the-mill representational narrative verse. For one thing, he's keenly aware of sound - incl. cadences of sentences - and thinks about line-breaks. He read wonderfully (and slowly). Secondly, he uses his imagination. The poem rarely stays in one locale (or even in one apparent reality) for long. [indeed, many of his poems have a surrealist - or magical realist - aspect] Thirdly, I really like the way he handles the Nigeria/America thing - with a light touch - matter-of-fact, but again, taking it places you don't expect.
Lilith doesn't meet a pro-Israeli Palestinian. Lilith was not there.
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As I clutched my Cease Fire Now sign across from Waikiki Beach amid the
streams of tourists, he came rushing toward us, dressing his unhappiness up
wit...
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