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A is for Achebe, Man of The People, who oiled the wheels of the world with words
so things don't fall apart. A is also for Adichie, the prodigy with no effigy.
 
B is for Buchi, who told the tale of the unsung women. 
B is also for Badmus, word preacher, whose Scriptures of Verses brew a Storm in My Head.
 
C is for Cyprain, who seeped into the veins of my childhood fine needles of words.
C is also for Chukumerijie, the panting leopard who leaps words into action.
 
D is for D.O. Fagunwa, the bullroarer who rode in his pen horse for an Expedition
To The Mountain Of Thought. D is also for Dele, the town crier whose large bell
rings out: Do Not Die in Their War.
 
E is for Elechi, who had words as slave to do his bidding.
E is also for Eriata, who wraps the little under his wings.
 
F is for Flora, the Lake Goddess whose water of words sprang far, across shores.
F is also for F. Awodiya, descendant of warriors who uses a pen to stilt the deer.
 
G is for G. Okara, who played the words from both the Piano and Drums.
G is also for G. Oboido, whose Wandering Feet on Pebbled shores reached the sea of words.
 
H is for Hauwa Ali, who shook the veil of tradition with stories till it tore.
H is also for Hussani, Usain's double in the sprint of words.
 
I is for Imam, whose words were a Water of Cure to the people.
I is also for Igoni, a barrel full of stories.
 
J is for J. Munonye, the Bridge to a Wedding of letters.
J is also for Jonathan, chef of the joint Itanile , where home cooked stories are served.
 
K is for K. Onadipe, who dipped his bleeding fingers, full of characters,
to fill an empty page.
K is also for Kolade and Kukogho. Perhaps, I should say the last name again.
 
L is for Ladipo. L is also for Logan.
If you look around, you'll find there's a pen inside everyone.
 
N is for N. Nwankwo, The Gambler with words.
N is also for Niyi, I kneel before thy hill, O Father Poetry.
 
O is for Okigbo, Archpriest of the Idoto river. 
O is also for Olisakwe, Eyes of the Goddess, who frowns at patriachy's footstool.
 
P is Pepper Clark, the shrill voice in the jungle of words.
P is for Pamilerin, whose print of poetry found itself in the caves of mental health.
 
Q is for the q in Iqwo, who ate the words right from her grandmother's bottom pot.
 
R is for Romeo, whose rooms of words are a castle a boy can find himself.
 
S is for Sufola, who got chained to the Sweet Trap of words.
S is also for Suddie; the versatile sage.
 
T is for Tutuola, who drank daily words of wine.
T is also for Tares, Walcott's acolyte, with his boat full of nets of pages.
He returns with fishes of verses.
 
U is for you, dear Editor, whose eyes must be starved of melon of sleep,
yet you carry on.
 
V is also for V. Jumoke, who joined together streams of Small Silences
till they became a river of loud voices.
 
W is for Wole, the Dance of The Forest cannot be complete without the Iroko tree.
 
X is for all those names that may have slipped by my memory,
and are unprinted on these pages.
 
Y is for the Y in Biyi, angel of the camera who has gone to capture God's face.
Y is also for Yemisi, who retold the mortar and pebble story.
 
Z is for Z. Truth be told, there's nothing left to say than Z is for Z.
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VERSES FOR SAGES | a poem by Peter Itanka
