SLIPPING OFF I see Him healing my wounds, wounds that words cannot say Scars fading Filling my void, voids that I have long lived with I never believed in a God for a while Though, I dare not question or … Continue reading Three Poems from Damilola Omotoyinbo | PAROUSIA Magazine
NOTES TO GOD You guide the Pencil from My teeth As I write Words – Touching You. You spin Me dizzy Never lost But always Present. You are so Close to me And micromanage My happy soul With alluring … Continue reading NOTES TO GOD by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
Angelica Always eager for the cheap laugh, I’d make fun of her brown teeth, dandruff, moustache, and long chin hairs. She’d park her fender-bashed car in the middle of Main and shuffle into senior lunch. She’d drink too much coffee, … Continue reading Angelica by Bruce Pemberton | PAROUSIA Magazine
THE WISDOM OF ART The rain Is steady As I let The dog in. Playing with her I activate Tender hemispheres – Just unwinding In the nothingness Of being – The Divine Reaches down Like a hand And lost, … Continue reading THE WISDOM OF ART by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
true self: lying on the pillowy bed i count my breath running from random thoughts like jonah fleeing nineveh i encounter a system of larks realizing that the observable universe is transient and less than real as i eclipse the … Continue reading true self: by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
Inhale Easter Grubby months of heat, dawn hauling dry days of dust, wearing down, wearing through Lenten testing northern people discover resurrection in pastel flowers and trees bursting leaves while in this tropic land of dry and wet, … Continue reading Inhale Easter by Victoria Crawford | Easter 2019
The Empty Pot When I’d suggested to my son that we move the seedlings from the foyer to the corner of our lot, I thought I was saying Goodbye in the usual, sheepish way but, in late fall, he marched … Continue reading Three Poems from Rita Anderson | Easter 2019
Awake! Awake my heart it’s time to pray To pray for all he’s done And raise the anthem loud and clear For Jesus made the way. Awake my mouth and sing his praise So sing it everywhere And let the … Continue reading Two Poems from Ogunojuwo Oluwaseyi Damilola|Easter 2019
Title: The Manifesto# An Anthology of Peace Author: Chenjerai Mhondera Publisher: Alakowe (Parousia Magazine) Year: 2018 Pages: 102 ISBN: 978-978-969-403-7 Reviewer: Olubola Alamu BUY HERE The Manifesto# is an eclectic volume by Chenjerai Mhondera, Zimbabwean poet, playwright and comedian. … Continue reading A POTPOURRI FROM ZIMBABWE: A REVIEW OF CHENJERAI MHONDERA’S THE MANIFESTO# BY OLUBOLA ALAMU | PAROUSIA Magazine
Olubola Alamu interviewed Chenjerai Mhondera in this extraordinary interview. Cecil Jones Myondela known among his legions of fans, readers, and fellow writers as Chenjerai Mhondera is a POET, script writer, short story writer, novelist, author, performing poet (artist), song composer, … Continue reading Exclusive Interview with Chenjerai Mhondera | PAROUSIA Magazine
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ARCHBISOP EMERITUS OF LAGOS Continue reading CHILDREN’S MAGAZINE by Pius Iyamabo | PAROUSIA Magazine
December 25, 2018 *Phone rings…* ”Hello Mum…Yes…I will definitely do it ma…Oh! That’s awesome!…Okay, I won’t forget….Haba Mum! I will, this is just 25th; it will definitely be sent on or before January 1st…Okay, Bye ma!” December 27, 2018 *Phone … Continue reading DO IT NOW! tips for New Year by Mary Joy Orola | PAROUSIA Magazine
I welcome you to the Christmas Cascade Issue which is the ninth Issue of PAROUSIA Magazine. Praise be to God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us and made this year a success. For this year, … Continue reading PAROUSIA Magazine Christmas Cascade Issue #9
A VIRGIN AND HER CHILD This had to be the most excruciating pain ever! She closed her eyes and gripped her fiance’s hand as the pain, starting from the small of her back, took over her entire body. … Continue reading A VIRGIN AND HER CHILD by Nina Onuorah | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
A CHRISTMAS OF SPREAD FRAGRANCE “Odun n lo so pin o Baba mimo “, the song punctuated my sleep that chilly morning. I dragged the blanket reluctantly off my squeezed face, yawned and searched for the light switch on … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS OF SPREAD FRAGRANCE by Adesina Ajala | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
A SAMOYA VILLAGE CHRISTMAS You would know that it was a big deal when you started seeing women with nylon sacks trooping mother’s hut in the absence of father that a new season was approaching. They would conveniently make … Continue reading A SAMOYA VILLAGE CHRISTMAS by Denis Waswa Barasa | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
