Meta-Genesis

By ​Agboola Tariq A.

All things bright and gracious                   
God, mother of everything
brown and bold. We                        
mold of glimmering sand— 
melting and meltin’, and melt in-
to nothing less gracious. I
standing under the yellow of sun
clay into something more beautiful
I, tanning under the yellow of sun
claim to be something more
beautiful. 

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​Agboola Tariq A. is a poet, editor, and a final year student of law at the University of Ibadan. He has his works in various prestigious magazines, including Lucent Dreaming, Aké Review, ANMLY, Magma Poetry, Poetry Column NND, South Florida Poetry Journal, Olumo Review, Brigitte Poirson Poetry Prize Anthology, Variety Pack, tableFEAST mag, Eunoia Review, The Poetry Journal, and many others. He is currently co-judging the Blessing Kolajo Poetry Prize 2025 as winner of the prize in 2024.