They are back again — Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa

The archive They are back again Poem by Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1991 Let’s give the squirrel a chance to rule us He asked the land to snuff out The dawning flame of our fate; Let’s give the hyena a chance to rule us! He held the communal war-horn yesterday Let’s give the tortoise rule […]

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The Excellencies — Odia Ofeimun

The archive The Excellencies Poem by Odia Ofeimun · 1982 They move in their merry-go-rounds; satiated, they have little stomach for questions though cups of misery overbrim in the eyes of every man woman and child sprawled out across their rounds they have little stomach for reflections though the faces of those they love may […]

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