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Poetry Archive
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polytheistic nostalgia
Posted on February 4, 2016 | No Comments... knees are for bending, right? -
Death as a Four-Poster Bed
Posted on December 29, 2015 | No Commentsthe weary soul seeks rest -
How does a Writer Retire
Posted on October 14, 2015 | 3 Comments? does he make a fist of his writing-fingers, & stitch them into a boxing glove or something does he play hip-hop all day, to drown the growl of his […] -
How does a Writer Retire
Posted on June 16, 2015 | No CommentsTell me again, how does a writer... retire? -
New Bangui
Posted on March 16, 2015 | 2 Comments...where they fall, there they lie... -
1966
Posted on October 28, 2014 | No Commentswhy revolutions bleed -
The Courting of Adieleuwa
Posted on May 24, 2014 | No CommentsIn some communities, the 'price' of the bride is so steep that many a groom is forced to delay, and sometimes rethink, a marriage proposal -
For Denizens of Hot Makurdi
Posted on March 24, 2014 | 1 Commentpoetic advice for wilting ones -
A Short Memo to An Endangered Bee
Posted on June 18, 2013 | No Comments"Your swarms are dying out across the land. scientists are stumped, and frankly, worried." -
![(and you can take this how you will, but) these double-breasted hills, bronze fields of windblown corn, this scarpland north of Udi Hills, these are my mother’s arms & the […]](http://blogs.african-writing.com/chuma/files/2012/01/flagboy.jpg "This Land is Mine")
This Land is Mine
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 5 Comments(and you can take this how you will, but) these double-breasted hills, bronze fields of windblown corn, this scarpland north of Udi Hills, these are my mother’s arms & the […]