HOW MEN DIE
how men die lies in the uterus of old testament when his eyes blink red lights in reverse
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Mother said
Living is a fire
& the world fold me
Into the solitude of trees....
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Saviour Micheal, (born in Essien Udim Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, in 1991) is a writer for the film & TV, and one of Nigeria's most celebrated poet, He is an undergraduate studying English and literature in Akwa Ibom State University, His poetry weaves with concepts and traditions, He uses mythological concepts to underline injustice and inhumanity. Saviour Micheal is a film maker..... I His writing plucked the pregnant stars with their fruits.... I am my mother's smiles....)
African Boys Are Not Mad
AFRICAN BOYS ARE NOT MAD
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there's a different/
between a psyche
& homeless/
we are not mad/
but our pubic hair overgrown like abandoned forest &
we forget the sweetness of yam & red oil/
we are not mad/
but a wandering slaves in our land
&
tenants in our father's house/
our psaltery of culture &
tradition wear broken-ness/
Cos' mother's eyes- a stream of elegy &
our hope for tomorrow was in the burnt house/
our last visit blurred our dreams
We are not mad/
but a dirge on wet sky•
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SAVIOUR MICHEAL
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