I waited for the restlessness
Of your hands
Holding all harvest of love.
At dawn
You walked in the wide fields of men
Who held you in their embrace.
You returned to the waiting crowd
Offering each one
His full vessel.
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.
In this world where we forget we are shadows of who we are, and the true expressions we form in that other where, souls, we live, are here grimaces and signs. All is night and confusion that exists among us here: projections, smoke scattered from the fire whose glow is hidden when we look at…
This cigarette butt This little bit of ground coffee This cherry yogurt These few grains of salt This fistful These chamomile flowers These grains of rice This ration of semolina pasta These two fingers of olive oil This piece of old bread This chunk of parmesan cheese That rose in the waters of the Aniene…
1E-gyptIn Af-ricaMesopo-tamiaMero-eTheNileSilicaglassand brittleSa-hara, Tim-Buctu, Gaothe hills ofAhafo, windsOf the Ni-ger, Kurmasiand Kiverdown theCoiled congoand downthat black riverthat tides us to hell HELLIn the waterBrownBoys of Bushongodrowned in theBlue and the bitter Salt of wave- gulliedFerdinand’s seaSoft windsto san Salvador, Christopher, Christ, and no NoahOr dove to promise us, grimthrough it was, the simple sal vation…
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The starved eye devours the seascape for the morsel Of a sail. The horizon threads it infinitely. Action breeds frenzy. I lie, Sailing the ribbed shadow of a palm, Afraid lest my own footprint multiply. Blowing sand thin as smoke, Bored shifts its dunes. The surf tires of its castles like a child. The salt…
