Have You Hear From My Father? Comments

Meaningful life-situation carries the poem. Good poetry is like good fiction- it tells a story and sets up speculative tension. 'Would they ever return to Nkporo to harvest the tended, fatted yams in the forest'. There's an endearing naivete in this line, and others. The errors of grammer and spelling lend charm and make the piece seem like an earnest attempt at translation. The poem succeeds because the reader is obliged to wonder 'what happens next'? .