Kwame attaPappoe Poems

2. BEYOND OUR DREAMS, OUR HOME
(For Uncle Zate mafi tu.)

Amid the vast plains of mighty Volta.
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TRANSFIGURATION
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MEA CULPA

Blank skies in unblinking red eyes,
Deep sighs of regret in humbled heart.
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A WORD WITH HUMANITY

as suspended, worlds and worlds above,
In the unknown path of the stars,
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A CRY UNHEARD

Upon Umuahia’s lofty heights
The cry for liberation arose
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MEA CULPA

Blank skies in unblinking red eyes,
Deep sighs of regret in humbled heart.
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