Achebe,Today marks off your living breath And you leave this deadly worldBut our memories of you still prevailAnd they keep reminding us that you’re still aliveThough, you’ve given your mortal to the graveYou’ll never decay but live till we join you Achebe,Indeed you’re the great Iroko of our timeYou sheltered other trees and they took… Continue reading THE INK-HORN ACHEBE
Tag: Things Fall Apart
TRIUMPHANT FALL OF THE OAK
No soothsayer to predict the fall None expected it None prepared for it But it was a dignified fall And that prevented things From falling apart. A triumphant and glorious fall It really was And at a time I thought all the pens in the nation Would stop writing Alas! I was wrong The fall… Continue reading TRIUMPHANT FALL OF THE OAK
TRIBUTE TO AN ICON
Glory rests on the shores of history Dark dust to the scattered trails of misery Burning in tots, death knocks at the door Smiling with tears, in its paled scaling fur Darkness forms around the storm Shielding the sad mildness of dust reformed. Timid hue in a cloud of mist Forms the globules in a… Continue reading TRIBUTE TO AN ICON
EXIT OF THE ICONIC INK
I stood mute at the news of your demise Beyond the oceans are my tears Your voice spoke beyond continental boundaries About the gang raping of our culture Your embodiment was the persona of Okonkwo Chinua, the literary prophet has gone, Gone, but not without a message The message of a certain country, You heralded… Continue reading EXIT OF THE ICONIC INK
FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)
Things fall apart, the centre can no longer hold The living embers in the hearth have grown cold The Lion on the rock has gone beneath An Eagle has fallen by the Grim Teeth Petals of our Pride in frost lay Threnodies travel with the One on the Lost’s Way In cornucopias our wails abound… Continue reading FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)
IMMORTAL
I’m young, I’m strong I’ve been here for so long While others left, I’m still holding strong I’m here now, I’m gonna be here A thousand years from now I’m your modern day Methuselah, If you doubt me ask your great grandmamma, Or better yet consult your great grandpapa I’m here now, I’m gonna be… Continue reading IMMORTAL