Chisom Okoye
Poet · Anambra · Nigeria
I am a poet of mystery, turning silence into questions, and ordinary images into windows through which the soul beholds eternity.
I am a poet of mystery, turning silence into questions, and ordinary images into windows through which the soul beholds eternity.
I started with fear of what people will say, a friend encouraged me to let go of fear after discussing my weakness of fear with him, which I complied and witness the magic of wonder in my life, what is keeping me going is the joy I always feel after completing a particular poem especially when it takes a long time, the love and desire to be victim of the miracle of the mind.
Published writing
The Verdict of Sight
I beheld a dry tree naked of leaves,
its branches spoke the language of breaking,
yet the hands of the wind strike it violently,
revealing a new leaf beneath its silence