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Short Achebe Poems

Short Achebe Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Achebe by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Achebe by length and keyword.


Chinua Achebe
The Iroko has transmuted  
Chinua Achebe
Unending teacher...

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Categories: achebe, people,
Form: Haiku



My Wedding Day
MY WEDDING DAY
On my wedding day
I wore a pink suit
A white cuff links
With a black long sleeve.

I and my wife
Walked down the aisle
With hands held tight
And faces dazzling.

The rose flowers
The silvery crown
The sandhog shoe
All with effect blazing....

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Categories: achebe, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form: Rhyme
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...

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Categories: achebe, beauty, death, memorial day, sad,
Form: Epigram

Book: Reflection on the Important Things