Gimba Kakanda

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'Gimba Kakanda is the young author of the critically acclaim poetry collection, Safari Pants (Kraftgriot,2010) . He’s endorsed as ‘the new Nigerian poet to watch’ by notable Nigerian literary critics, scholars, writers and journalists in commending the collection praised for its ‘verve, lyrical energy, and, most importantly, terrific imagery’. His individual poems, essays, polemics and critiques of contemporary Nigerian writings have sparkled on various print and electronic media, including: Fireflies (2009) , Voices from the Sun (2010) (poetry anthology): Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust, Leadership, The Guardian, New Nigerian, Tribune, Vanguard (Newspapers): Half Tribe, Switched on Naija, Sentinel Nigeria (e-magazine) , e.t.c. He’s currently polishing his debut novel, Footfalls of Night.')

The Best Poem Of Gimba Kakanda

I'M Tired

I’m tired
Dodging the hazes of yesterday
I’m tired
Swimming in dialogue with absences
I’m tired of last night’s sun
Dead images demote my memory
My lane wrinkles
Chalking the green of my grin

I’m tired
Seeing the youth on my baobab dined
By mice of yesterday
It seduces me to suicide
Splashing the ink of my patience

Come back
Break the karma-sure verdict of nature
Why not shame distance
On this torpedo of misty tomorrow?

Let me be free
To continue my medal-less marathon
Outside, dogs await my solitude
Let me be free
To dance to bye-bye rhythms
Of loosened handshakes in the noon

Whenever you return
Do not toy with my testes again
Hold your flirtatious caress from my chin
Long, I’ve bloomed, rotting
I’m the husband of that widow

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