Chukwuma Livinus Ndububa is a multi-talented English-language researcher, writer, copy-editor, and educator. He is deeply concerned about the use of English across all realms of life. His dedication to English language skills is inspired by Sir Randolph Quirk, though his favourite books are David Crystal's two encyclopedias and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum.
The poems published here are self-released. He has formerly published under the pen name ‘Sochukwu Ivye' on platforms such as Poetry Life & Times, The Literary Hatchet (PearTree Press) , Scarlet Leaf Review, Ginosko Literary Journal, Poetry In Form, The Creativity Webzine, Written Tales Magazine, Rhyme Zone, Poeticia, and more. For Chukwuma, poetry writing is a pastime.
He has completed a BA and MA in English and is soon a PhD candidate in the same field. Chukwuma Livinus Ndububa is from Isseke, an ancient Igbo land in Eastern Nigeria.
Heart exalted from the mountain of strength
to undertake blessed ventures afresh
Meet the goddess of divine punishment
who gives cannibals a taste of their flesh
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Castle on high ground where the unarmed go
when the fangs and claws in the region grow
You stand upright in the mother city
braving times and climates, yet as pretty
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Your heart holds strength to drip and contain peace
This mould drains nerves but you not spend a piece
Nights rouse my heart to hand him thoughts on you
Days ooze gloom but light my psyche with your hue
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My thoughts on whom toils for another's gain
a statue of calm, strength and strategy
This is the awareness one must not feign
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