{"id":2266,"date":"2017-11-07T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:47:55","slug":"photo-poetry-issue-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/photo-poetry-issue-8\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO POETRY (ISSUE 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.1.7.8 Content AdSense async --> \n\n<script async data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {\r\n\/* desktop monitors *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" 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[]).push({});\r\n}<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>PHOTO POETRY (ISSUE 8)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RUSTED PETAL |\u00a0Olaitan Maryam Mojisola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FB_IMG_15046562346835310.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/photo-poetry-issue-8\/fb_img_15046562346835310\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FB_IMG_15046562346835310.jpg?fit=480%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,391\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Petal\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FB_IMG_15046562346835310.jpg?resize=300%2C244&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FB_IMG_15046562346835310.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The battered treasure<br \/>\nIn your weeping hands,<br \/>\nThe cold voice<br \/>\nBeneath your pounding chest.<\/p>\n<p>I am the crushed petal betwixt<br \/>\nThe twin-pillar you visit at dark<br \/>\nThe rusted organ that births elegic sonnets.<\/p>\n<p>I am the nightmare<br \/>\nThat graces your mornings<br \/>\nWith soiled faces<br \/>\nOf ugly epistles<\/p>\n<p>The shaded picture that falls off<br \/>\nYour cracked wall.<\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad2\" id=\"quads-ad2\" 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Some of her works have been published both nationally and internationally.\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\" id=\"quads-ad3\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTO POETRY (ISSUE 8) RUSTED PETAL |\u00a0Olaitan Maryam Mojisola I am&#8230; The battered treasure In your weeping hands, The cold voice Beneath your pounding chest.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[247],"tags":[441,477,249,114,478],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2306,"url":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/pinquarterlyjournal\/","url_meta":{"origin":2266,"position":0},"title":"PIN QUARTERLY JOURNAL (ISSUE 8)","date":"November 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"PIN QUARTERLY JOURNAL (ISSUE 8): EDITOR\u2019S NOTE Strokes & Scars \u00a0 When your skin becomes a pamphlet of scars drawn by strokes of unsavoury experiences, give a pen to your scars and let them draw countless savoury lines, assuaging your pain, grief and disillusionment. 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