Migration Poems
Sahara Plague
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Desert swallows not her pride,
but swallows the hoofs of vagrants.
It is recorded among earthly plagues –
untold hardship unleashed on restless limbs –
maggots' relative revelry.
Sojourners' sun dims.
Altar swelters on the grits of dunes
polished by racing winds.
......
Afro-saxons
by Stefan Splawinski
imperial tribe of the darkest hue
cut free from rastafarians grip
roman dane then norman conquest
chilly arrivals from banana ship
universal brotherhood and profit
africas original people now lost
all peoples brought together for
empire built on low labour cost
......
Sahara Plague
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Desert swallows not her pride,
but swallows the hoofs of vagrants.
It is recorded among earthly plagues –
untold hardship unleashed on restless limbs –
maggots' relative revelry.
Sojourners' sun dims.
Altar swelters on the grits of dunes
polished by racing winds.
......
Afro-saxons
by Stefan Splawinski
imperial tribe of the darkest hue
cut free from rastafarians grip
roman dane then norman conquest
chilly arrivals from banana ship
universal brotherhood and profit
africas original people now lost
all peoples brought together for
empire built on low labour cost
......
