CHINUA of AFRICA

I remember when I first heard of the book

Sad to say I never got to read it until late last year

"Hard to believe"; I can hear you echo from afar

Particularly for a "reader-fellow" like me

I read every other book on every shelf but this

"Things Fall Apart"
One of many other titles

The name always rang a million bells

One of Nigeria's finest...blazing 'em trails

Every candle burns with a flame

Every flame gets tossed of the wind

This candle did burn with a flame

The kind that spits grammar like Gamma

A linguist like no other

Novelist of covet like Rivera

Out of pitch-hue Africa rose an ICON

a LEGEND by every standard

a BEACON in every regard

Your soul rises to the great beyond

The universe sings you her sweetest verse

"CHINUA ACHEBE my beloved!

My sun, my son; thou didst do me proud";
Mother Africa mourns her favored son

You rocked Grammar Land

You brought honor to our land

Adieu Papa

Your works forever remain with us

©iampapyrus

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