Somewhere in My Country, Poem by Uchendu kelechukwu Njionye
SOMEWHERE IN MY COUNTRY A wandering flutist Stopped to eulogize an Iroko; This Iroko has no branch for…
SOMEWHERE IN MY COUNTRY A wandering flutist Stopped to eulogize an Iroko; This Iroko has no branch for…
The souls have started wearing Raiments of repentance Chanting heavily The Chronicles of forgiveness When the border of…
Like the gazelle of the south, you are benignant. Sonnets, in standard lines, would tell tales of your…
Reincarnation If I’m to come here a second time I shall stay off the blacks boundary Where truth…
Mama, Worry No More Flashback To the days hunger became our tailor Dressing us in the best attire…
Last time, it was a farewell message Followed in a suit of cleansed hearts Flapping wings around the…
In Needs and In Needs Come shield me with the strength That let the soul struggle to live…
Give me a piano, and my fingers will find musicbut when absence lives in my wallswhat music will…
Last Day Fire falls Thronging amongst the leaves Leaving us fear The day the heavens Will be shattered…
Before The Chiming My brain slipped on bananaSkin of ratiocination – if deathCan twist light into turgid murk….