Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Poems
Endloser Regen
Nach der Sintflut kommt die ausgehungerte Ebbe
zieht das Wasser zurück
lässt die Böden flüchten
...
Pensile clouds of a new Truth loom.
With them are selected versions of
Extinct grief.
...
Before light’s encroaching
Beams, across wavelengths
Of glints, in between yawning
Protocols of waking,
...
In this arid circumstance,
on a collage of sacred pulses,
this pot - Heritage - merely sits,
smoked and besmirched by elements
...
Verdigris is the evidence of death,
the symbol of ruin,
of waste,
of abandonment,
...
They fall from grace to grass,
aged, scorched and dehydrated,
fluttering away further
the vanity of previous
...
I sit, this morn, on the bed of
A dried-up rivulet,
Head-bent and full of compunction.
It's clam-quiet except for the impatient
...
Shudder not, for it's the language of Death.
Who's next? —it asks
Going from house to house,
Both of marble and mud
...
Sunday rises gallantly from behind
Distant clouds, orange, on the wall
Of low, chintzy, tepid skies.
...
Like a child's toy stomped on by a vicious adult,
These images haunt...
It's no pribble when I insist that their mothers' breasts,
Sucked lame by gelid seasons,
...
(A poem in honour of Shell Camp. Dedicated to all teachers and pupils, past and present, dead and alive) .
So, what says the Morning Information?
...
New Moon:
through the dark foil of festered
clouds, it peeps,
a lone trinket of heaven,
...
In Biafra, when we drank from the tilting
cusps of dank leaves and washed with the spittle
of cassava,
the sun scorched like hell.
...
Have you read the note?
It speaks of the doom of the liquid element.
An inclement weather, grey, and with the fuss of a bleached lightning,
Besieges the tick of the clock.
...
When laughter comes between
the red gums of drought,
there's fire.
...
If you are licensed to love me,
Then go on and love me.
Do not wait for the moon
To remind you...
...
Obelisks and monuments
stand on this black altar of ashes
with plagues of scorn
deriding death...
...
Echoes of summons ring on.
With them, a sonorous clamour for painted lines.
The rim of night stretches and holds fast to
a colossal nocturne hung on furs-and-clouds walls,
...
Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Biography
Son of a Headmaster and Superintendent of schools, Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu, Nigerian poet, novelist, short story writer, painter and drummer, was born to Francis and Mary Ogbuagu in the course of the internecine Nigeria/Biafra War. Ogbuagu attended Government Secondary School, Owerri, Nigeria, where he began writing fiction in Form 4, and at the age of 15. Ogbuagu has always made it known that he inherited his creative gift from both his parents: his father wrote and published the history of his town years before Nigeria's independence from British rule; his mother possessed a rare power of oral description embellished in rich poetry. Ogbuagu holds a BA in history, and an M.Sc. in International Affairs and Diplomacy from two Nigerian universities. Over the years, Ogbuagu has written 20 books in novels, poetry and short stories. His third novel, BOSHETH WILLIAMS, a Bildungsroman, was published in England in 2003. Some of his poems have been published in newspapers and journals and online. Over 300 of his quotable quotes are published online and appear on various websites and are used by individuals and corporate bodies. In 2019, he published WORDS OF A SHAMAN, a Bildungsroman. This was followed shortly by the publication of his MY DUNGAREES, a novella. A great lover of music, Ogbuagu plays drums. He reads voraciously, sketches and paints, and loves travelling. His painting and charcoal sketches have been exhibited in Germany.)
The Best Poem Of Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Ebbe
Endloser Regen
Nach der Sintflut kommt die ausgehungerte Ebbe
zieht das Wasser zurück
lässt die Böden flüchten
auf unbeholfenen rutschigen Füssen.
Vom Donner getroffen,
von gezackten Blitzen geküsst,
weit ausholend geworfen,
hängen ausgezehrte Fischernetze der Großväter
von den Bambusmasten.
Zeit der Gespenster
die Tod in sich tragen,
wenn grausames Gelächter
vom Rande des Dorfes
zu uns herüberfliegt.
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Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quotes
A poor man in good health is richer than a rich man in poor health. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
A good book and a smooth road are similar: you'd always love to pass through them over and over again. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
You don't need to be literate in order to read the human mind. — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Faith is believing that the gun pointed at you may not have bullets, and even when it has, will not hit you when fired, and even when they hit you, will not kill you, and even when they kill you, you will not die, and even when you die, you do not lose your life, and even when you lose it, faith helps you regain it. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Respect is one thing both the rich and the poor must work real hard to possess, since it's not bought but earned. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Happiness is a thing of the heart. Pleasure is a thing of the brain. Both are like twins fathered by two different men. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you want to scare your enemies make more friends. If you want to scare your friends, make more enemies. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The man with sight, since he sees everything, sees the fullness of life. The blind man, since he sees nothing, sees the emptiness of life. Each man is right in his own eyes. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
What makes you a star is not how you shine on your own, but how you shine on people's lives. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Problems are like large buildings which have ENTRANCE AND EXIT doors. If there's a way into them, there must be a way out of them. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Power and alcohol are blood brothers: They intoxicate only those that have tasted them. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Finding a good friend is a downright task. Keeping him is an uphill task. Losing him is a mournful task. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Relationships are like promises. Either you keep them or you break them. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Hard times are the detergents that wash off fake friends and fake family members. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
When hard times won't quit, just say to them: LEAVE and let live. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Time changes with life and life changes with time. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Sex is neither art nor science. That's why it's not taught in school. And that's why people find it difficult to talk about it. It is simply a gift God gave us with his left hand. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Always follow in the footsteps of only those who walk with caution. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Maturity is the ripe fruit of age. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Enter hard times. Exeunt fake friends. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Marriages fail because they are either taken too seriously or taken for granted. They should be taken rather like coffee - not too cold and not too hot. If too bitter, should be sweetened a little with sugar. If too dark, should be lightened a little with milk. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Starting all over again with your ex-lover is like watching a new movie on an old black-and-white TV. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
A great family consists of a father who is a hard nut to crack, a mother who is a hard nut to chew and children who are hard nuts to swallow. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If life were all questions and no answers, it would be a world of sickness without cure. If the other way round, it would be a world of cure with no sickness. Next to this is the meaninglessness of life, which is palpable to those that read meaning into everything meaningless. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
It's not worth it to remain in a relationship that has grown too old to make you feel too young at heart. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
True kindness is when you show people in front the kindness people behind never showed you. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Sometimes our prayers are not answered because we pray more with our mouths than with our hearts. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
In the beginning God made Nigeria a place to live. In the end her leaders turned her into a hell of a place to live. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
With one hand, you change what you cannot bear. With the other hand, you bear what you cannot change. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
You can always tell how successful a man is when his divorced wife still bears his name. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
When money cannot solve problems, the rich view life with the eyes of the poor. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Happiness is what you share. Joy is what you possess. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Dear God, wherever we choose to stay, be with us. When we choose to leave, go with us. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Coronavirus lockdown is like forcing siesta on children on a fun day. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Climax is a word commonly used in sex and in works of fiction. The one that is more breathtaking depends on the honesty of the individual. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you're driving on the right-hand side of the road when your country is driving on the left, you've taken back from your country with your right hand what you gave her with your left hand.~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Illiteracy also means not being able to read or write the words of a language you neither speak nor understand. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Dear God, of all my body parts, let my tongue and knees remain active till I breathe my last. I use the former to thank you. The latter I use to humble myself before you. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
There are two kinds of money: the one you make without expecting it, and the one you expect without making it. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Any leader that runs out of ideas should as well run out of office. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
There's nothing thrilling about a funeral. There's nothing mournful about a wedding. Both events are as separate as GENTS' and LADIES' loos in public buildings. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The tailor who has just had his cut fingers stitched by the surgeon has gone back to his workshop with the surgeon's torn lab coat to stitch it. Is that strange? Oh, no! Both men are experts on stitching. We need one another. Let us all come together to stitch up the many cuts on our today's troubled world. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you buy stolen goods, you're not a thief, but you're like the tiger that is not a cat but belongs to the cat family. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Friends are like websites. There are some you visit more than the others. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The man to envy is that man who has contentment. Besides having peace of mind, he has what money cannot buy. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
A poor man's good health is his own wealth. A rich man's poor health is his own poverty. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Death is no respecter of persons. Natural disasters are no respecters of nations. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The only way to a wicked man's heart is through surgery. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The eyes are responsible for the sins of the heart. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Marriage makes you old with agility. Single life makes you young with senility. Both situations hardly reflect your actual age. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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