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‘Cactus’ (Poem)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2020

By
Onyeukwu Ifunanya
Edited by
Ernest N. Emenyonu
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Summary

Unflinching cactus;

Though in thy springless abode

Amidst thy penury glee

Unflinching,

Dotting on life's crossroads.

Erudite cactus;

Thy umbilical cords

Embosomed

in mother earth

Fill thee with fresh vine

From her bosom.

Circuitous cactus;

Thy doggedness adorn

the shadows of death

You make her ululate at dawn

Spiny smooth cactus;

Prudence is thy parlance

And thy grace is thy beauty.

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ALT 37
African Literature Today
 , pp. 197
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2019

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