Chidiebube onye Okohia is a poet, writer and artist. Born in Lagos Nigeria, he studies English at the University of Lagos. Considered as an emblematic eccentric by his peers, he completed his first collection of poems at the age of 17. Onye Okohia writes in style that is blending of metaphysical conceits and the scope of Hopkinsian ideology. His metres span the archaic to the contemporary.
'Tis like terra's changing
But there's no change,
'Tis like ev'rything's moving
But with no range;
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Π ο τ έ μ η ν Κ λ ε ί σ τ ε
I'll ne'er quit
E'en if th' pain hits from form to torn
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I fear the night
When my mind is embalm'd with heightened hauntings
Of my childhood, studies and feelings:
I grab a cup of water, easing with fright.
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Our father
Who resides in heaven's chamber
Your name be holy
Come your kingdom with glory
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