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PIANO AND DRUMS REVIEW BY THE VOICE CREW Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara When at break of day at a riverside I hear jungle drums telegraphing the mystic rhythm, urgent, raw like bleeding flesh, speaking of primal youth and the beginning, I see the panther ready to pounce, the leopard snarling about to leap and the hunters crouch with spears poised. And my blood ripples, turns torrent, topples the years and at once I’m in my mother’s laps a suckling; at once I’m walking simple paths with no innovations rugged, fashioned with the naked warmth of hurrying feet and groping hearts in green leaves and wild flowers pulsing. Then I hear a wailing piano solo speaking of complex ways in tear- furrowed concerto; of far away lands and new horizons with coaxing diminuendo, counterpoint, crescendo, but lost in the labyrinth of its complexities, it ends in the middle of a phrase at a daggerpoint And I lost in the morning mist of an age at a riverside keep...

Wet Roads Wet roads, Muddy, Sticky and Puddly manifestations of a maimed past Wet roads from thriving years, well groomed on your laps, stirred your heart's sail westward, laced round your enshrouding bodice,  stripped you of all sanctimonious sanity. You gazed through misty windows and met nothing but floors floored with laws and human flaws. At the altar where you kneel, the Eucharistic wine that sojourns down your throat entangles with a stale wine in a red-painted chamber, befuddled with blood. Your lips now laps for joyous waters and shores where dragnets of filth lie in your bosom reverting all resustications of self-love and calm. Let your soul seek peace Like a thirsty traveller and lien your quest on Heaven alone. @ Rita George

IMAGERY IN POETRY BY KATOONSPEAKS A very resplendent evening to POETRY INVOICE and the occupants of this "abode" I am Oladele Taiwo O (Katoonspeaks) Imagery is a feature of written and spoken language and occurs whenever someone has chosen to use language in a non-literal way. Imagery is a way of describing something symbolically, using words to create a picture in the reader's imagination... Imagery frequently conveys more than just meaning. Imagery is a broad concept and in divulging my very shallow knowledge I will crave the indulgence of anyone with more insights on the topic to start scribbling down their ideas for when we will call for questions and contributions. Imagery is the conjuring of the metaphysical nature of words to appease and to appeal the reader Imagery is the " how" a poet decides to let the reader see (without sighting), feel (without touching), hear (without the bang), taste (without the spice), smell (without the scent), get high (w...