Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Ayo's Poem
the fig tree is still
no birdsong silent
Sitting Bull & I know
it knows I am leaving
landless me in conversation
with Oya who tells me
change is on the wind
so I have packed my bags
I am once again on the
path rocks and all traveling
forward, sword at my side,
wind at my back
searching for light
looking for ink cups
on the sills of windows
to write down my
dreams in indigo
—
Ayodele Nzinga
Ayodele, now Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, PhD, is Marvin X's top student, since she enrolled in his drama class at Laney College, 1981. She has directed several of his play, including In the Name of Love, Laney College Theatre, 1981, One Day in the Life, Malonga Center, 1996, Flowers for the Trashman, 2009. Dr. Nzinga is founder and director of the Lower Bottom Playaz in West Oakland. There she has produced the works of August Wilson (working on the complete cycle), Opal Palmer Adisa and her own. She has turned her six children into thespians.
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