Jaachị for president

Jaachị for president. Except for being good with wordsand an unrepentant scribbler of pun, I have absolutely no qualifications, but that never mattered in 2015. Aye?The […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 5, 2022

How I Wrote My First Poem

I remember the first poem I wrote. It was titled “No Pain, No Gain”. It was in 2005. Family’d moved from the centre of Aba to […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 4, 2022

ode to you, to me, to all of us

the sun & the moon closed their eyes: was that you shutting out the faint light of hope that illuminate the dark corners of your hurting heart?
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 4, 2022

time is a winged chariot

time is a winged chariot ever since time found time tobe created, time never cease tofleet. seconds tick into minutes,minute tick into hours, hours makeup days. […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 4, 2022

the journey’s just begun

i awoke to stillnessaround me sat solemn soulsregurgitating the past without words, they beckoned“come. sit. sigh with us,for tomorrow will never come” there’s no denying that […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 3, 2022

Uncertainties

uncertainties the world is running under my feetnothing is certaineverything always changing. the universe is floating overheadnothing is stableeverything always changing. her soul’s crawling on coalsnothing […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 2, 2022

Wild Thoughts

you sit by a river of flooding ideasand watch your thoughts run wild you lend your limbs to the windand with the wings of many eaglesyou […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 1, 2022

The Pros and Cons of Living Alone

There are days when you are so exhausted that you can't even prepare dinner for yourself and wish someone would do things for you. But you're living alone.
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
November 1, 2022

Rivalry

rivalry rivalry is a quicksand that swallows brothersan excuse for animosity to be abused a justification to enshrine the irrationala fancy name for beasts to compete […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
October 31, 2022

Let The Music Play

“it’s better to dance than to march through life” so, i push the play buttonturn on the volume & danceto a cacophony of naysayings& a symphony […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
October 30, 2022

How To Write A Poetica

Start off by imagining yourself in a raceIf you’re stuck with prospects, maybe choose a familiar face.Consider your heartbeat and the fire in her eyes.Will the […]
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
October 29, 2022

Life In The Crucible

Life In The Crucible will remind you of the chaotic prancing of a depressed mind posed by the dissenting voices of never-resting demons.
Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ
October 28, 2022