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For Chinua Achebe

The gods have eaten your cake But we still have it Some with dirty hands Stalking your pages And others virgin hands Talking your pages With seething hope Above you a shrine, a wreath of letters. The father of stories Where children never sleep The auditorium where curtains never fall The age mate of gems The gods have eaten your cake But we still have it

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 5/25/2015 10:17:00 PM
Peter, love the poem. Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day filled with warmth, pride, and togetherness. love **SKAT**"
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Date: 8/9/2013 5:34:00 AM
Amalinze the cat... thank you for your tribute to a legend.
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Date: 6/15/2013 12:10:00 AM
A tribute to literature icon, we'll live to remember him! What a great poem to share...Peter.
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Date: 3/27/2013 7:12:00 AM
Peter I enjoyed your words,great write
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