Chidiebere Ekere Poems

In the sophisticatedness of our entrenched fellowship
I am shielded against all the ruinous breaths
From all forms of witless and offbeat eccentricity.
So if I overhear that I am an idiot
...

have you ever lain face up
in the dead of a dawdling night
spurned by sleep
and starving
...

An internal prod
Brings you
To your itchy feet
Guides
...

Beneath this turbulent corner
Where we both find ourselves
Our mutual mortal assignments;
Where it may appear
...

Stone-faced, he stared at me;
Unindulgent to life he stared.
And in the screen of his eyes,
Unfolded that ancient history
...