Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
My Birthday
by
Ajayi Olubunmi Kolade
They told me I was born a boy
Escaping Austria
And the sun was high
And kingish,
And grasses went subcutaneous
And most mowers took leaves,
And lilacs were pearls
And my new year starts that day–
Around mid fore-trimesteric tail
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Ajayi Olubunmi Kolade
Nigeria
Ajayi Olubunmi Kolade was born on March 13, in the mid-eighties in Akure,
Ondo State, Nigeria. He currently lives in Ilorin, where he is studying Medicine/Surgery at the
University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He writes poetry extensively. Some of his poems had appeared in such sites as
poemhunters.com,
poetrypoem.com,
everypoet.net,
saisp.net and
Nigerians.biz among others. His other poems are
forthcoming in Literary Magazines.
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
