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Was it the way the wind called your name; in whispers,Soft and soothing,Serenading you with rhythms you loved to hear?Or was it the ancestral beats resonating from history;Tales of brave…More
I don’t want to be that woman She has a life, but none her ownShe lives a wife, and yet aloneShe has her wants, but none she getsAnd her needs,…More
When your mother returns Every day when your mother returns from the market It was you who welcomes her at the doorand she would have a smile for you. It…More
1. ghazal for the ghastly going“I am not cruel, only truthful.” – Sylvia Plath I’ll take your love in rations: this portion will last ’til June,when my leaves turn brown…More
Aririọ Kwuteli Here will I submit my supplication to Ala. O Ala! I know you are benevolent.You give children abundantly like rain and watch them grow like the akpu farms…More
post mortem the icy air, light from aureoles, huge body chambers, make the long, white room a walk-in abattoir, or a spacious kitchen, or a private museum opened for cutting…More
Mother was born in the rift of time…The Elizabethans showed her the wayTook her shoes away,and left the Catholic Hymns in her mouth.Mother don’t know “Hymns do good”But shoes do…More
in the end you do not eat the meal, the meal eats you. you spice the honey-beans to a fault, and dish it with the heavens grace. it simmers -…More
I see running feet Disarrayed like troubled ants Running violently in indefinite path I see hunters Pursuing preys dodging at gunshots Continuously in all directions Justification: Our cattle are hungry!…More