THE PROMISE Sitting on tears, waiting for you Watching nighttime trim its lamps Entreating the shroud With stars Clutched from heaven’s breast Your mute ridge...
Author - Eyitemi Egwuenu
Eyitemi Egwuenu was born in Benin City, Nigeria. He attended Edo College Benin, and graduated from The University of Benin, Nigeria, as a Medical Doctor in 1999. His poetry has been featured in A Melody Of Stones, An Anthology of Contemporary Nigeria Writing.
Life is a river. And so is death. A river whose limpid waves lap at its banks, ferrying grains of whitewashed sand – freights of forgotten hopes. A river with...