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Onyeazor Raphael Poems
I saw you!
The peak of my dream you cling,
You
Monster... more »
The Niger flowed home in Bloods
from a source over the Northern Hills.
The machete that had cut the N’Dama
has spilled barrels of Bloods.... more »
Gong! Gong! Gong!
Gripped in his senile manual-nest,
His metal pet resounded with faith.
Caressed with a gnarled Ogbu stick,... more »
Revolution Imminent
I saw you!
The peak of my dream you cling,
You
Monster
That
Dug the Arab Spring,
Flapping your wild
And wild
Wings,
Over
The land
Where two great rivers
Confluenced behind
The Northern plateau. Softly
And softly,
You perched forth
With a butterfly equanimity. Later
And later,
You swooped with
Eagle strength;
Distributing evenly,
Powerfully,
Like ocean flood:
Nooks and
Cranny, streets and
Marts,
Like unruly desert
Whirlwind.
Brutal
Gunpoint,
Tribal
Sentiments,
Could not hold sway
Nor ...
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