Receive my Hello
Absence.
Silence stretches time,
Like heated plastic – elastic,
Like ductile metal, drawn to yield point,
Where a million HELLOs are born.
Dear friend receive my HELLO.
You will find my HELLOs
In the strewn streaks of morning light,
Washing down the night’s dark dusts.
You will hear my HELLOs
In the sonorous tunes of early birds;
You will hear the rustling leaves,
The whispering, whistling winds,
Communing my HELLOs in jazzy dialects.
You will hear my HELLOs
In the soft songs of sea shells,
On childlike ears.
You will see my HELLO
as diamonds on the sea,
as silver stars sparkling,
On sundry ripples,
Beneath sun rays
You will feel my HELLO
At the confluence of our reunion
Dear friend,
Receive my HELLO.
Ifeanyichukwu Avajah
Ifeanyi is a poet, artist and chartered chemical engineer. He has had several poems published in various anthologies: Night or Drift in Volcano of Voices; Sketch of Tomorrow (a prophetic poem written few days before the massacre at OAU) in Passport to the Future; Transit of the Martyr was also published in For Ken for Nigeria, Scattered Patches in Confluence; Message to Mama in Onomoresua, among others. Fragments is Ifeanyichukwu Avajah’s first published collection of poetry. His second work Collage: Poems and Painting would soon be available to the public. He is currently working on a third collection, Revolt of the Elements. He is also the co-founder of Teambooktu.com.
-
Ifeanyichukwu Avajah#molongui-disabled-link
-
Ifeanyichukwu Avajah#molongui-disabled-link
-
Ifeanyichukwu Avajah#molongui-disabled-link
-
Ifeanyichukwu Avajah#molongui-disabled-link
