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Category: Poetry

Waiting out the rain

Waiting out the rain

On my way to work,

I have to stop at Allen Avenue, to wait out the rain.

Two children walk past, wearing Sterling Bank raincoats,

More prepared than I will ever be for the day’s task.

I have always been fascinated by rain.

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Posted on July 31, 2019Author chikatitoCategories Home, PoetryTags Cyclone Idai, Nigerian poems about rain, rain poems, raining in lagosLeave a comment on Waiting out the rain
If you are walking home

If you are walking home

If you are walking home,

And it’s pouring rain,

And it’s all thunder,

And it’s all sleet like glass sheets,

If you get to a wall you must climb,

Because the road is flooded,

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Posted on January 5, 2019October 20, 2019Author chikatitoCategories PoetryTags rain poems, raining, raining in lagos1 Comment on If you are walking home
The day Elizabeth Ochanya died

The day Elizabeth Ochanya died

The day Elizabeth Ochanya died,

I was at work,

Reading emails, talking, laughing,

While she went quietly into the night.

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Posted on January 1, 2019Author chikatitoCategories PoetryTags elizabeth ochanya, protests in Nigeria, Rape in NigeriaLeave a comment on The day Elizabeth Ochanya died
Is this why we have nightmares?

Is this why we have nightmares?

Sometimes,

When I stand up on a rooftop at night,

And watch the lights go out,

One after the other / I ask myself,

Are we really going to sleep?

Is this why we have nightmares?

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Posted on October 10, 2018Author chikatitoCategories Home, PoetryTags Poetry, Rape in NigeriaLeave a comment on Is this why we have nightmares?
‘Where I come from’ video release

‘Where I come from’ video release

Hello guys,

The last thing I wrote on my website (still feels good to call it that) was this: http://chikajones.com/2018/01/31/untitled/.  That was in January 2018. More than 8 months later, I have a new video up on my YouTube page.

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Posted on October 8, 2018October 8, 2018Author chikatitoCategories Poetry, VideosTags poetry videosLeave a comment on ‘Where I come from’ video release

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