Emmanuel Isuku is a distinguished Nigeria National poet, playwright and novelist. He hails from Ihievbe, Owan tribe, Edo state, Nigeria. His main interests are science(especially physics) and philosophy (as depicted in many of his poems and plays) . He has had one of his poems published in an anthology in England- an anthology which brought together twenty different poets from twenty different countries. He was educated at owuno primary school, Ovbiowun-Emai, Ase secondary school, Afuze-Emai before gaining admission into the prestigious University of Benin.
In the village, all are safe and strong,
No noisy crowd, no hustling throng,
Flanked by jungles; so green in the sky,
Climbers and trees, low and high
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Achebe is not dead, he lives,
He is the breeze that cuddles the trees,
He is the sweet honey in fresh hives,
And the lights of the rising sun.
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My love for you is like the lovely breeze
That blows gently during evening tide- -
My love for you is like the fine hue
On the skin of a newly born child.
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Farewell coy lady, I leave you without pain,
You almost pushed me down everlasting drain,
For I've tried to supple your hardened heart,
And burn the viper's venom in you on hot hearth,
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