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Tochukwu Ezebube is a passionate poet and founder of Poem Collections. With a deep love for African verse and a commitment to sharing diverse poetic voices, Tochukwu curates a rich tapestry of poems that celebrate the beauty of words from Africa and around the world. Join him on this poetic journey at Poem Collections, where the magic of language unfolds.
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His whale, his bulwalk by Derek Walcott
To praise the blue whale’s crystal jet, To write, ‘O fountain!’ honouring a spout Provokes this curse: ‘The high are humbled yet’ From those who humble Godhead, beasthood, verse. Once, the Lord raised this bulwark to our eyes, Once, in our seas, whales threshed, The harpooner was common. Once, I…
Animal Crackers by Richard de Zoysa
“Draw me a lion.”So I set my pento work. Produce a lazy, kindly beast . . .Colour it yellow. “Does it bite?”“Sometimes,but only when it’s angry—if you pull its tailor say that it is just another cat . . .”But for the most part, indolent, biddable,basking in the sun of ancient pride. (Outside, the sunlight…
The Mirror by Dulce María Loynáz
The mirror hanging on the wall, where I sometimes see myself in passing… is a dead pond brought into the house. Corpse of a pond is the mirror: Still, rigid water containing in itself remnants of color, remembrances of the sun, of shadow—movable edges of the horizon burning, passing by in circles, returning, never burning…
Aséna by Tahir Hamut Izgil
A piece of my flesh torn away. A piece of my bone broken off. A piece of my soul remade. A piece of my thought set free . In her thin hands the lines of time grow long. In her black eyes float the truths of stone tablets. Round her slender neck a dusky hair…
Akosua ‘Nowa by Joe de Graft
They say the guinea-fowl lays her treasureWhere only she can find it.Akosua ‘Nowa is a gunea-fowl:Go tell her, red ant upon the tree. I met Akosua ‘Nowa this morning;I greeted: Akosua, how is your treasure?She looked me slowly up and down,She sneered: The man is not yet here who’ll find it! Akosua ‘Nowa has touched…
Women of Africa by Ahmed Sékou Touré
Women of Africa, Women of the Revolution! You will rise up to apex You will journey endlessly At a walking pace of the social Revolution, To the rhythm of cultural progress, In the train of economic boom To the great and beautiful city Of the exacting ends And were in leading Your brothers, your husbands…