The archive IN MY HEART (For Aba) Poem by Kwame Dawes & Gwyneth Dawes · 1987 IN MY HEART(For Aba) MORNING SONG: My heart is closest to youin this dark hourof morningMy heart rememberspulling threads of memorythrough shadowsUntil I think I see youcurled under soft quiltdreaming of me and God* EVENING SONG: My heart is […]
The archive It is different now (9, 10, 11) Poem by Peter B. Cuktu · 1982 9. It is different nowWe and our animals survivingThe dry lakes are full of fishesOur prayers have been answeredNo more wolves in sheep skinsRe-entering our ranches, in kinds or cashArmed with baits and sinisters’ stringsA clique of fishermen, as […]
The archive Whispered echoes Poem by Victor Offiong · 1994 By the side of echelon of livingI camp with hopeAwaiting crumbs from the generals’platesAgainst my due rights –O Abremuong! render me a chanceTo gather in time the whisperedechoesAs I lay siege to the threshold. Let measurement of my lofty experi-encesTrust in referencesAlong footprint of the […]
The archive Love gone Poem by Ibrahim Sheme · 1992 How can I dip my fingers,While the waves groan and roar,In life’s dark and angry rivers,And control their uproar? A few fish dance on the waves,And the rhino, fat as the hill,On stream-side grasses laves;Oh, touch my heart and feel! The silent stare of the […]
The archive FOR MOTHER Poem by Odia Ofeimun · 1970 FOR MOTHER Nene …the shadows are overgrownthis afternoon in my heart;the burden of uncertainties assail mewith a feckless ravish- I do not know whether to cry or laugh. Each day saps me dryof the red-green that you gave mein ellipses of hopeto halo my dreams. […]