The Property Circus

By Kente Books

The Property Circus is an anthology of poems and short stories. We at Kente Books have felt strongly that the future of creative writing rests on giving writers a voice so we have brought together writers from Ghana, Nigeria, China and the U.S.A to give you this great work of art. We believe in The Property Circus for we believe in our authors. Each chapter tells of the deep desire of a people to give expression to their thoughts. The Property Circus hopes to give you a pride that will make you keep coming for more. By the time you are done assimilating the first in the series the second part will be ready for your appreciation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kente Books
• Release date: Jun 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370820962

Kente Books

Kente Books is a versatile publishing house that integrates the concept of self publishing, contract publishing, books marketing, reading and writing competitions in an African setting relative to the indigenous market and with an approach for global distribution. In 2016, Kente Books was founded and operates based on four core values. Excellence; the quality of being outstanding or extremely good. Integrity; the qualifications of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is generally a choice to hold this company to consistent moral and ethical standards. Creativity; the phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. Social Upliftment; the process or work of improving, as socially, intellectually, or morally.

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PROPERTY CIRCUS I

By Kente Books

Copyright 2017 Kente Books

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Table of Contents

Good to Lay Eyes

Photograph

A Good Name

Hostile Takeover

Secrets

The First and The Lost

The Land Is Calling

A Girl Called Emma

For Mommy (my grandmother)

My Dignity

Drained Fountain

Your Smile

Fear and Anxiety

Ferguson

This Is My Hell

Run

Oh Mother!

Obdurate

She Loved Me Late

Focus

Minimalism

Good to Lay Eyes

Sweet! Pleasant! May be nice

Give it a try

You’re sure it will make me wise?

Is that not a lie?

No, dear

Just draw near

Taste and see

How nice it will be.

So to it, I drew nigh

Without letting him know

Plucked, tasted, and asked him to try

And he also didn’t say no.

Little did we realize it was a death trap

Hunting for our precious lives

Then, like babes on his lap

He nursed us with staggering knives.

Did we have to eat again?

Have we not learnt from the first?

No more chance to be hopeful or gay

For hell’s gate is burst

To contain us all

Now help is too late to call

Sweet! Pleasant! It is nice

Now this is the real try

With him, now we meet

And with a broad smile, he greets;

Good to lay eyes

RODALINE ARAANA KING

Photograph

In summer Seth saw

The picture of Mom.

He said we had the same laugh,

Our tongues lolling out like a dog’s

As our smiles stretched so wide

Our mouths became caverns

Echoing with the joy our chests could not cage.

I didn’t believe him until

Dad suddenly said it too

On the early morning dew-dropping drive to Lansing.

You look more and more like her every day.

His words fissured

The dam between us,

The tide rushing in

And drowning us