Josephine Anichukwu: And My Mother Departs in a Blaze of Glory – By Uche Anichukwu

O proud daughter of the Irokos, Woman of no mean linage, Cub of the tigers and tigresses, The intoxicating beauty of her time, Beauty that dizzied the heads of men, Though thou art robbed by time and toil And though no longer art thou That tall, fresh, provocative frame, Which we knew and heard of, … [Read more…]