Tag: Nigeria poet
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A Wake for Okigbo by Chinua Achebe
For whom are we searching?For whom are we searching?For Okigbo we are searching!Nzomalizo! Has he gone for firewood, let him return.Has he gone to fetch water, let him return.Has he gone to the marketplace, let him return.For Okigbo we are searching!Nzomalizo! For whom are we searching?For whom are we searching?For Okigbo we are searching!Nzomalizo! Has […]
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Love Cycle by Chinue Achebe
At dawn slowlythe sun withdraws hislong misty arms ofembrace. Happy lovers whose exertions leaveno aftertaste nor slushof love’s combustion; Earthperfumed in dewdropfragrance wakes to whispers ofsoft-eyed light…Later hewill wear out his temperploughing the vast acresof heaven and take it out of her in burningdarts of anger. Longaccustomed to such capriceshe waits patiently for evening when […]
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