by phillipw | Feb 16, 2020 | AF
Making Light of Africa’s Future As if the darkness were not dark enough Already, blackouts flash their blackness on Us all. Across the continent they snuff Out light in travesties of promised dawn. The Naija attitude is mocked each time The lights go off. In fact,...
by phillipw | Jan 7, 2020 | AF, LO, RO
Gardenias and Snowdrops Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I send you all the fragrances of flowers, Those heavy with rich overtones as well As those with light perfumes of tranquil hours, The...
by phillipw | Feb 13, 2019 | AF
The shreds and shards of poetry we find From ancient Greece are like the battered heads On ruined statuary, both aligned With code breaking and loss, all tattered threads Of ragged tapestries preserved in sand, The dunes of shifting chance. The...