Chijioke Umunnakwe

Chijioke Umunnakwe is a Bioinformatics Graduate Student at Iowa State University. He is originally from Imo State, Nigeria. He covertly writes poems in the lab when no one is looking.

Love Bleeding Through: Poetry by Chijioke Umunnakwe

Poetry Chijioke Umunnakwe - June 23, 2015

Samson’s Petals: Poems by Chijioke Umunnakwe

Poetry Chijioke Umunnakwe - April 24, 2011

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