Chiora Odinukwe is almost turning thirty-three. She is saddled with a dead end job and has not been in a relatively progressive relationship in over two years. However, her not-so eventful life is left in disarray when she has no other choice but to marry Ralu Okoye, a man she barely knows. Now she has to deal with an...
I watched as the wind played with her hair as she stood facing the orange perfection of the setting sun, its faint light illuminating her skin to perfection, and i knew, this girl would stir up my world like no other could. From that moment, I was hers. A tale set in the heart of Africa of two destined hearts. Where...
I am moving many of my singly published poems into collections, and in this collection will reside all my sonnets I have written, and will write in the future--I hope you enjoy. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones. (Cover credit, Olan L. Smith; c. 2012. The number 14 symbolizes the number lines us...
Riley Swan is a 17 year old junior in high school. She's a year behind everyone else because the year she was supposed to be a freshman was spent half in jail and half in rehab. When Riley was only 13 years old she got herself wrapped up in a gang and in love, but things took a turn for the worst. Once she was release...
We speak without listening. We reach without holding. Let us weave our thoughts in subjection to our reality and with responsibility.
Joshua meets Ruth. A nun in training. He seeks to settle down with her but how will he convince a Nun?
Death Poetry evokes memories enshrined in the African's recognition of the nature of loss and the effects it has on the living. This peace is a wide off my usual style of writing. It speaks the emotions of a Mortal
