The Flight of a Minstrel I am a minstrel fleeing across The sahel to join the sahara Where the shrubs and trees have taken flight. First I shall take a bite of...
Author - Al-Kasim Abdulkadir
Al-kasim Abdulkadir’s works have appeared in the anthology Dance steps at Dawn, Echoes of young minds, Drum voices Revue (Uni. of S/Carolina U.S.A Eng. Dept. Journal), Unique Madmen. (ANA Niger anthology of short stories), Verses in Absencia, Melody of stones (PEN Nigeria Centre), Pregnant skies, New Beginnings (British Council Nigeria). In 2004, he was the writer in residence at the Foundacion Valparaiso, Spain. Aside writing short fiction and poetry, he works as a broadcaster in Abuja, Nigeria.
OPPOSITES It is not love That we love It is the joy That comes with it. It is not for joy That we are joyful We are only fearful Of the aches That comes with...
I once worked on two legs, without these crutches that have now become the pillars that hold me. Twenty Junes past, I had walked on two sturdy legs. The men...