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‘O mother mother earth, unbind me; let this be my last testament …’
THE STARS have departed, the sky in monocle surveys the world under. ‘The stars have departed, and I — where am I?
Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)
Secret I have told into no ear, save into a dughole, to hold, not to drown with- Secret I have planted into beachsand...
Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)
Between sleep and walking, I hang up my egg-shells. To you of palm grove, Upon whose bamboo towers
Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)
There is no such thing as a poet trying to express African-ness. Such a thing doesn’t exist. A poet expresses himself.
THUNDER that has struck the elephant, the same thunder can make a bruise — condolences: we should forget the names. we should bury the date. the dead should bury the dead — condolences
Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)
AND FROM frame of iron, And in mould of iron... For he ate the dead lion, & was within the corpse —
Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971)