Indigo Streets XXII-XIV XXII One day we crouched under the flowerbeds Running from the deep wisdom of science And the guile of politics Hiding from the tax...
Author - Obi Nwakanma
Obi Nwakanma teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of The Horseman and Other Poems and Thirsting for Sunlight, a biography of the poet Christopher Okigbo, whose life was tragically cut short by the Biafran War. Nwakanma was awarded the ANA/Cadbury Prize for his first collection of poetry, The Roped Urn.
From Indigo Streets 1 Hermes, quiet, not contrite lies In his empty catacomb, prisoner Of conscience – “Hermes!” the roar of the jailer, His bulk filling his...
BLACKSOIL In the thrush of blacksoil The forests are so dark they swallow Sunlight – In the valley of your mothers Where the river, Omambala Nicknamed the...
The Horsemen for Christopher Okigbo Emmanuel Ifeajuna & Chukwuma Nzeogwu I It was a room above the alcove in a city renewed by junipers And by...
The writer is a product of his own society; and the story of all great writers from ages to ages has revolved around the very environment in which they grew up...
