JaamZIN Art Magazine
Poetry
Dead Lions Don’t Roar
"A Poet must love the art, and be not afraid to be free in it and also constrained. A poet never sleeps, and always nurturing, seeding, thinking and sharing, but most of all teaching, taking time for others, professional or novice. A poet must fight for poetry until death. Poetry is the breath of humanity and will always be and I am for sure of this, that's why some last deeds of people good or bad, last messages are written in blood. Wisdom of a poet is crucial, the world knows it and it is afraid of true poets I have noticed. Last thing, true Poets stick together, and they must, but here the magic trick is, gathering the poetry audience and make them happy to stick together in a grand world of wisdom and epiphany rainbows, furthermore there's a poetry train carrying many poets and readers."
Dead Lions Don’t Roar
TOLU A Akinyemi is a new author to the published scene – although he has over 10 years of writing experience, Dead Lion’s Don’t Roar is his first book in print. Dead Lions Don’t Roar is a collection of inspiring and motivating modern day verses. Addressing many issues close to home and also many taboo subjects, the poetry is reflecting of today’s struggles and lights the way to a positive future Originally from Nigeria, Tolu now resides in Wallsend. He felt it important that any success he had would positively benefit a community in the region that has been so welcoming to him and his young family.
Read our interview with Tolu on
magazine.
The Dead
Tara Lynn Hawk is a poet and writer whose work has appeared in Occulum, Spelk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Uut, Midnight Lane Gallery, Idle Ink, Spilling Cocoa, Social Justice Poetry, Poems & Poetry and more. Her work focuses on the human condition: the unspoken, the forgotten and the marginalization of the consumer culture. Born in northern California, she has traveled extensively and lived and worked in the UK and Europe.
Read our interview with Tara Lynn Hawk on
magazine.
Screaming Skull
"I believe in playing around with language and the so-called rules of grammar and feel that rhythm and beat are just as important as story. Unlike someone like Charles Bukowski or Hemingway or Raymond Carver I am not trying to put the word down as simply and straightforward as possible, quite the opposite actually. I try to get to meaning and truth by a musical cascade of words flowing and sometimes bursting down the page, and I am just as influenced by rock and roll as I am by the literary greats. My writing has to sound like music, it has to dance down the page in magnificent chaos and happy madness."