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Ode to a King
by Graham Ereks

The great iroko tree
Has fallen down;
Our king, the lion
Of this land has passed on
To the land of our silent fathers-
A journey of no return.

The land is in tears;
The soil is bleeding –
Things fall apart in every

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Polemist for the Poemist
by Darris van-Hoxen

To read is to err. The joke—mmm, perhaps there. Maybe you’re drawn to the line, a promise, a breath held-
spaced out-
too long. But here it lay. Your eyes move, dutiful, grazing
the terms,
the conditions,
-THE-
reality; plastic clattering, clacking modernity. The killing keys center the stage, perform their allusion.
You wanted something, now you're here.
But, so it is. “That’s just showbiz,” someone says, parroters' conviction.


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Words of My Ancestors
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

By moonlight when the moon shone with all her majesty,
My ancestors told us the story of the Tiger,
Which crouched at every rumble of the jungle-thunder,
Either out of fright or from bravery;
Tiger, male and ferocious,
With wicked fangs,
Tiger which breathed fire upon the foliage that shielded
Our village from the rage of the sun,
Which raped lady antelopes with utter contempt,
Which dined lavishly on forest flesh

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Bronk in Eijsden
by Mario Odekerken

Zondagochtend breekt langzaam open,
de mist hangt laag over Maas en gevel,
en het dorp ademt oud ritme.

Kostuums die nooit uit de tijd raken,
vaandels zwaaien traag door de straten,
achter elke stap klinkt herinnering.

Mensen spreken met hun voeten,
lopend in stilte die meer zegt

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Heiligehuisjes
by Mario Odekerken

Langs de route verschijnen ze,
onopvallend en heilig tegelijk.
Bloemen in vazen,
kant op tafels,
beelden onder gewelfde doeken
alsof de hemel even afdaalt
tot op straatniveau.

Een stoel,een kruisbeeld,
het zachte kaarslicht

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Polemist for the Poemist
by Darris van-Hoxen

To read is to err. The joke—mmm, perhaps there. Maybe you’re drawn to the line, a promise, a breath held-
spaced out-
too long. But here it lay. Your eyes move, dutiful, grazing
the terms,
the conditions,
-THE-
reality; plastic clattering, clacking modernity. The killing keys center the stage, perform their allusion.
You wanted something, now you're here.
But, so it is. “That’s just showbiz,” someone says, parroters' conviction.


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Heiligehuisjes
by Mario Odekerken

Langs de route verschijnen ze,
onopvallend en heilig tegelijk.
Bloemen in vazen,
kant op tafels,
beelden onder gewelfde doeken
alsof de hemel even afdaalt
tot op straatniveau.

Een stoel,een kruisbeeld,
het zachte kaarslicht

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Cramignon
by Mario Odekerken

Een lange ketting van mensen,
hand in hand,schouder aan schouder,
een slinger die zich door straten weeft
zoals rivier door bedding.

De klaroenen blazen,
de trom rolt het ritme open,
en voeten vinden vanzelf de maat
die niemand ooit is vergeten.


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Bronk in Eijsden
by Mario Odekerken

Zondagochtend breekt langzaam open,
de mist hangt laag over Maas en gevel,
en het dorp ademt oud ritme.

Kostuums die nooit uit de tijd raken,
vaandels zwaaien traag door de straten,
achter elke stap klinkt herinnering.

Mensen spreken met hun voeten,
lopend in stilte die meer zegt

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African Night
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Mother of stars,
friend of the moon,
it is often quiet but for its own heartbeatꓽ
the rhythmic sentence pronounced
in one benign-hammering syllable,
which pounds away hostile darkness
laid bare by the wakeful heavens
whose ears listen to tales from
old folks passed on to a glowing age,
and proverbs that leave one and all in awe.

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