Cemetery of Sages
written by: Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr.
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I mirror myself in books,
In idleness, I numb the key of fetish looks,
I hide my shadows on paper flowing with images of blur blood,
My heart wobbles in the water of the flood.
The rhythmic flow of poetic words is buried in my thought
But when I sit to crest them, they disappear from sight
Like Nigerian light.
Darkness burns the night, empty is the mind I sought.
As I dwell in the cemetery of sages,
Overflowing with thoughtful pages,
Wandering what wobbled the wanton water
Where I swim without wetness and any sound of pitter-patter
In this cemetery of sages, I see bard skull
Micro Shakespeare’s skeletal skull.
I now have fathers; I drink from the tomb of bald thoughts
Now my pen dances on paper and my ink fingers their thoughts.
Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr. is a Lecturer/Researcher at the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is a poet and short story writer. He is a PGD student of English and literary studies of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He studied Political Science to Masters Level and currently he is a Doctoral researcher in same field. Leonard Jr. won the best poet of the year 2012 and 2013 respectively from the Caritas University Literary and Arts Association (CAULAA) where he obtained his first degree in Political Science. Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr. is an author of two poetry collections: ‘Echoes of Bullets,’ 2022 (published by Emotion Press Ibadan, Nigeria), and a popular poetic reflection titled ‘Echoes of the Invisible,’ 2017 (published by Author House, USA). He compiled the Anthology of Peace for the World Union of Poets (WUP) published by Atunis poetry 2016. His poems have been published in websites, newspapers, magazines and notable anthologies. He is the ‘Big Squire’ of the World Union of Poets, a laureate at World Nations Writers Union (WNWU) and former coordinator of the Creative Writers Association of Nigeria (CWAN) Enugu state chapter.
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