Allegories of a Red Hot Angel
Poems
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My Father
Looking for my father
In Mom’s old address books
Profile grains black
On browning white curing at an edge
They say it’s my face too but I can’t tell
I’ve dreamed him
My forgiveness embroidered
On amber-colored bubas
Tasting fufu dipped in peanut sauce
Cola nut steeped in his pores
Older sister brother second mother
Reason for my name
Overseas postage
Tunes Mom la la’d on our drives
Talking drum n high life
Lamba on my tongue
Told a man of th people
Like Sunni or Fela
Men who claim to love me
Sculpted brow geodesic tones
Wasn’t he killed? a book seller said
You didn’t know?
No blurb in a paper
Registered note
Or reasons for why…
Been looking
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About the Book
Allegories of a Red Hot Angel is a collection of poems and one prose that began ten years ago. Self-reflective. Descriptive. Experiential. Connected. Observant. These poems capture life from the perspective of one black woman over the course of love and vulnerability, racism, music and maturation while living in the City of Angels.
About the Author
Fumilayo Bankole began writing stories at the age of eight and journaling by twelve. She has co-produced a CD entitled L.A. River composed of twelve acoustic songs and poetry. She has self-published a chapbook called Zoom Zooms & Wham Whams and has poetry included in an anthology entitled Black Love. Foremost, she has written a speculative fiction novel entitled Canaan’s Labyrinth and its sequel, which will be published in the near future. Fumilayo lives in Los Angeles with her son.