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<p class="has-small-font-size"><em>(For Prof. Pius Adesanmi 1972-2019)</em></p>



<p>Beyond the shrubs of Sahara <br>
Lifted a munt of brainy bond <br>
Over the Mississippi of Ethiopia<br>
Lofted a penner with his hunky thoughts</p>



<p>Across the bridge of a foreign land<br>
Hovered a book of beautiful pages<br>
Tightly enclaved yet as an Ireland<br>
In a skull rounded in the clime of golden edges</p>



<p>Off the coast of Addis Ababa<br>
Tears rang bell aloud<br>
Beholding a star being staggered<br>
In a nimbus of a faraway land </p>



<p>A heroic pen was raptly melted<br>
As the book of many pages shattered across the ocean<br>
A nation’s pride has become ashes<br>
Making a wave in the hist of the deadly world</p>



<p>Oh! he was roasted faraway<br>
Faraway his father land<br>
Amidst tears in the eyes his nation<br>
A great gem was ruefully tossed</p>



<p>The ashes of his fecund head<br>
The cranes of his creative fingers <br>
The cremains of his eagle eyes <br>
Now pose lifeless in a foreign land</p>



<p>He’s gone<br>
A hero is gone<br>
Roasted in a faraway land<br>
Oh! He’s gone forever </p>



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<p style="text-align:left" class="has-small-font-size">Pius Adesanmi (born on 27th Feb. 1972) was an award-winning Nigerian-born poet, Poet, Essayist and Columnist, and literary critic. A renowned intellectual, he was also a Canadian professor who taught at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. He was one of Nigeria’s leading public intellectuals and an internationally acclaimed author. He was a well celebrated and beloved writer with a sharp intellect and found humor in the grimmest, politically-fueled subjects, often about his home country — Nigeria, as typified in his magnum opus — Naija No Dey Carry Last published in 2015.<br> Prof. Adesanmi was among the 157 victims who died on Sunday, March 10, 2019, when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed. </p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.wrr.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pius-adesanmi1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-37162" loading="lazy"><figcaption> Pius Adesanmi</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.</p>
 
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FAR AWAY (A POEM FOR PIUS ADESANMI) BY IZUNNA OKAFOR
