Echezona Ononukwe Poems

Voice of Amadioha strikes,
quaking hilltops
and hearts of rotten eggs
in our land.
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If the eyes cannot sing
the nose will wail
if the brain cannot think
the heart will weep
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The elephants have spoken
The goddesses have warned
Small griot-lauret has whistled
But should the parrot be dumb?
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From their snowy land
to our earthen soil
they came with their deity,
dwelling in their holy scripts,
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