Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- INTRODUCTION: Speculative & Science Fiction: What is Past & Present … & What is Future?
- ARTICLES
- FEATURED ARTICLE
- INTERVIEWS
- LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
- SIX POEMS: ‘Answers that will not be swallowed’ (Poem)
- THREE POEMS: ‘The String of Discord’ (Poem)
- TRIBUTES
- REVIEWS
‘To Mokwugo Okoye – A Forsaken Freedom Fighter’ (Poem)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- INTRODUCTION: Speculative & Science Fiction: What is Past & Present … & What is Future?
- ARTICLES
- FEATURED ARTICLE
- INTERVIEWS
- LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
- SIX POEMS: ‘Answers that will not be swallowed’ (Poem)
- THREE POEMS: ‘The String of Discord’ (Poem)
- TRIBUTES
- REVIEWS
Summary
You were born before your time
And that is your only crime,
But are you to blame
That people know not your worth
Or fail to come forth
And tell what they know of your fame?
You spent three years in jail
To make sure they would not fail
In their freedom fight.
You shunned wealth for the war to be won.
But in sharing the spoils, none
Thought of your role in the fight.
The truth you have always spoken
Without fear of who is broken.
They named you a censor,
Lone voice in the wilderness.
They tried to ignore your goodness
And in the process made you greater.
They mocked your simple aura,
And gauged your worth in naira,
But to you it is evil
To enrich oneself and breed
From corruption and greed
And by conniving with the devil.
But I have gained where they have lost
And will keep you at all cost,
For your love is most true,
My path your knowledge has lighted,
My virtue yours has hoisted,
And my hope has sprung from you.
As our love shunned tradition
To bring itself to fruition,
So shall our goodness,
Our hope for future bright
Serve us as a powerful light
As we bask in true happiness.
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- ALT 39Speculative and Science Fiction, pp. 206 - 208Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2021