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Sinsibere

Sinsibere

by Nnimmo | March 4, 2016 | Culture, Poetry

Sinsibere Lend me a hand Let me stand Let me labour The fruits of my labour Sinsibere The sweat of a labouring woman Births pots laden With songs, with life With joy Sinsibere Drops of coins In empty cans may Shroud call…

Arrival of The Last Militant

Arrival of The Last Militant

by Nnimmo | February 16, 2016 | Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Poetry, Stories

The word militant elicits a certain meaning in Nigeria and like the word insurgents people often link it with violence. Another word that has taken on peculiar meaning in Nigeria is restiveness – a descriptive word assig…

Dreadful Liars on Heartless Shores

Dreadful Liars on Heartless Shores

by Nnimmo | January 8, 2016 | Climate Change, Corporate Capture, Poetry

  Corporatized consciences Think little of spreading fires Dreadful liars Selling adaptation suits for funeral pyres 3 degrees 5 degrees 7 degrees Flame throwers watch the Planet burn As fire works herald the New Ye…