Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Poems

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41.
The Birth Of Deluge

A fent in the huge, rain-blooded gourd
of heaven pukes Deluge and dirt
upon these lands...
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42.
Deluge Aftermath

Deluge aftermath
lies on a pyre of laughter -
sardonic laughter -
holocryptic in its litter of
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43.
Musicians

Under the aegis of darkness,
they trespassed narrow-edged ways -
wayward musicians;
spectre-framed and so pronto the
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44.
Extended Trials

Trials beget trials.
O'nubile maid of the Sahara, run toward
Us with mad flapping of your young breasts.
Run for trials.
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45.
This Waste!

Disconsolate clouds above us
Wince at the rib-image cracks of lightning.
Billowing smokes of ashes eddy at the
Foot of this huge necropolis, replete with hate.
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46.
From The Clarinet

Late November,
and lonely resonance of harmattan
salutes this solitude.
A weaverbird's contralto, in one
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47.
Yesterday Ii

Yesterday reclines on the tenuous
breath of ancestral drums,
and summons protocols for the crowning
of tomorrow.
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48.
Fruit

Less deciduous than the rest of the tropical fruits,
Almond,
Wayward Almond of parched wine of Burgundy,
You were forbidden...
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49.
London

London,
a great house standing by
a long water,
bathed by a golden sun
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50.
Moonlight

Chakpii!
Wooo! ! !
We have gathered
On grandfather’s stoneseats
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