AN AFRICAN NIGHT It was that a dark veil was thrown Over the face of the moon As it smiled down on the sprawling savannah But then was your beauty ever made...
Author - Osita Okoroafor
A lawyer with a firm in Lagos, the poems featured here may be Osita Okoroafor's first public exhibition of his works. He has an unpublished collection of 90 poems titled Graveside Chronicles. He is also exploring writing plays. In his words, poetry "is a thread of nostalgia woven by the needle of life's experiences into a mosaic of enchanting dreams, pains - and sometimes nightmares".