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<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">I have seen<br>
The four walls<br>
Coated with gory hand-prints<br>
Of criminals and suspects<br>
In-scripting awkwardness<br>
Pleading for a public presentation</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">I stared at slogans<br>
Screaming….<br>
“we die…innocent”<br>
“i was here”<br>
“and so what”<br>
“are you the president?”<br>
“dem go fire me”<br>
“na today”<br>
“…save us”</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">My heart tears my eyes<br>
And the graffiti spawns<br>
Ceaselessly…</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">My head smothers<br>
As ravaging foul odour<br>
Of urine and shit<br>
Shutters me to worship<br>
At the walls of unending scars<br>
With my own “craze-words”.<!--more--></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">II<br>
Hell is cell!<br>
The black bowl<br>
Smiths into a black hole<br>
Bloats for the unborn convict<br>
Guilty – of life, wanting to survive<br>
…raiding flames at night<br>
…beaming red in flight<br>
…yellow coal for ice<br>
Collies for the burning<br>
Of our already hurt hearts.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">“Pollease”…police<br>
Poll for faults<br>
Lease of crimes<br>
To catch and lock our lives<br>
Into the bloating black hole<br>
Of a cell.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">And so<br>
The walls persist<br>
A writing cry of the weak<br>
Dying…to die today<br>
And died…. Tomorrow<br>
WILL DIE NO MORE.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;"><strong>ABOUT THE POET</strong><br>
Uche Uwadinachi,a performance poet also called Flames – Priest of poetry is the author of poetry collection “SCAR in the HEART of pain” and it’s <a class="zem_slink" title="Spoken word" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoken_word" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Spoken Word</a> audio Album.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">He is the 1st Prize Winner of ANA <a class="zem_slink" title="Lagos" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=6.45305555556,3.39583333333&;spn=0.1,0.1&;q=6.45305555556,3.39583333333%20(Lagos)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Lagos</a> (<a class="zem_slink" title="Association of Nigerian Authors" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Nigerian_Authors" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Association of Nigerian Authors</a>) Poetry Performance Festival (LASPOFEST) Prize 2006 and Pakistan June ‘Poetrycraze’ contest 2009. 2nd Prize Poetry Winner of <a class="zem_slink" title="Ken Saro-Wiwa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Ken Saro-Wiwa</a> Contest <a class="zem_slink" title="United States" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&;spn=10.0,10.0&;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">USA</a> 2010, top ten Award For The Korean-Nigera Poetry Feast 2012, 2nd runner-up in the <a class="zem_slink" title="National Poetry Slam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Poetry_Slam" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">National Poetry Slam</a> Competition 2012, 3rd prize winner for poetry at the FNL POETRY and SHORT STORY Competition December 2012 and Winner (March-top Poetry) of the African Street Writer 2013.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">Uche’s poem was shortlisted among the ten best poems for the Korea-Nigeria Poetry Fiesta 2012, his poems has been published in the ‘Lime Jewel’ collection <a class="zem_slink" title="London" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.5072222222,-0.1275&;spn=0.1,0.1&;q=51.5072222222,-0.1275%20(London)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">London</a> 2010, ‘if yu hia say a de prizin’ 2012 Nigeria and the ‘World Poetry International Peace E- Anthology’ Canada 2013, and other publications.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;">His poetry performances has been seen on Bookshelves-LTV 8, Konto Music-NTA 10, 9ja TV, Tinapa Trade <a class="zem_slink" title="Expo 2008" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.669899,-0.90148&;spn=0.01,0.01&;q=41.669899,-0.90148%20(Expo%202008)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Expo 2008</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="Lagos State" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=6.58333333333,3.75&;spn=1.0,1.0&;q=6.58333333333,3.75%20(Lagos%20State)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Lagos State</a> Trade Fair EKO-EXPO 2011, Wordslam 1,2,3, 4 &; 5, Poetry Potter, Potters Lounge, Anthill, Pen Society , British Council Lagos , Chill and Relax Gbagada, Wordup, Be Blessed, Book and Gauge, among others. He has worked as a continuity man/ writer for <a class="zem_slink" title="Television advertisement" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_advertisement" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">TV commercials</a>, musicals, Reality TV shows: The Heir Apparent, and presently, he is an independent television presenter/researcher and works towards his latest spoken-word-rap album titled ‘E’FI MI LE’ joo’or’.<br>
He blogs at <a href="http://priestofpoetry.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Priest Of Poetry.</a><br>
Contact Uche on <a href="Facebook/UcheUwadinachi" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and watch his latest <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZBRDUalaEc&;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Video here </a></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 25.989583969116px;"><strong>EDITOR’S COMMENTS</strong><br>
<em>I happened to be lucky to watch Poet Uche perform and I can only confirm that he deserves all the accolades he get and will definitely get more. Though he is not an active member of WRRPoetry, he has been supportive of the vision. I wish him more laurels in his poetic journey.</em></p>
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