African Poems

Night

Your hand is heavy, Night, upon my brow.
I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds,
to dare.
Exacerbation from your subtle plough.
Woman as a clam, on the sea’s

Kambili the Hunter

Kambili the hunter spoke out,
“My Father, Kanji, he said: “Yes?” the reply.
“Tell the people of the smiths,
To make some young boy’s arrows,
And, to strike a young

Amoogu

Odududu ndufu!
Wardrum, without whose leadership there is fear on the way!
Wardrum, without whose leadership there is fear on the way!
Great spirit, Uduma Olugutu
Great spirit, Okali husband

The Wedding of Kambili and Kumba

Ah! Namu-sayers!
At this time, kolas had been sent out for a wife for Kambili.
And what was Kambili’s first wife’s name?
Her name was said, Kumba.
They tied up

The Song of the Poor Man

A poor man doesn’t know
how to eat with a rich man.
When he eats fish
he begins with the head.

If you invite a poor man
he comes without manners:<br

Song of the poor man

Give me a chair
and let me sit in in your midist
and praise poverty
and want.

The face of poor man
stays all crumpled up
by reason of the hunger

World stands with Ukraine in the face of war with Russia

Beautiful cities of Eastern Europe in Ukraine shatter by atomic bombs:
Cherkasy
Chernihiv
Chernivtsi
Dnipropetrovsk
Donetsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kharkiv
Kherson
Khmelnytskyi
Kiev
Kiroyobrad
Luhansk
Lviv
Mykolaiv

Our Global Anthem

Let unity be our common song
And peace our festival of the commonwealth
One nation, one world
One global unity
One family of earth we are.

Rejoice, O Africa!
Be happy

COVID-19 Pandemic

Born in Wuhan, China, December 2019
A deadly disease that ravages the world
Are you born out of the scientific experimental power
of biological warfare?
Have you birthed out the

Singing Songs Of Expectation

Singing songs of expectation
The earth pilgrim band goes
Marching to the Promised Land
Rides upon the storming Wind
Till the faithful beneath its shade.

The earth beauty fades
The sun

Stricken Soul

Wounded sore the stricken soul
Lies bleeding and unbound
Tears of anguish flow
The broken heart of woe
Feels for all our grief

Broken heart and downcast eyes
Bound by many

COVID-19

Born in Wuhan, China, December 2019
A deadly disease that ravages the world
Are you born out of the scientific experimental power of psychological war?
Have you birthed out the

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