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Best Pius Poems


St Pius the Tenth
I genuflected, 
Is that even the
Proper tense?

I've wondered. 

And the Math Man, 
clipboard and all 
Smashed his
Brains in, 
with his cat
and Bicycle. 

And closed now, 
Is that institution
Where I learned
Only text book
rhetoric and 
Public exposure
of my Genitals....

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Categories: pius, introspection, youth,
Form: Free verse
Roasted Faraway, For Pius Adesanmi
By Izunna Okafor



Beyond the shrubs of Sahara 
Lifted a munt of brainy bond 
Over the Mississippi of Ethiopia
Lofted a penner with his hunky thoughts

Across the bridge of a foreign land
Hovered a book of beautiful pages
Tightly enclaved yet as an Ireland
In a skull rounded in the clime of...

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Categories: pius, africa, death, life, tribute,
Form: Elegy

Book: Reflection on the Important Things