{"product_id":"winnowing-duke-town-so-the-sky-stayed-and-other-poems-9781836154617","title":"Winnowing: (Duke Town, So, The Sky Stayed and other Poems)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Orok Otu Duke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinnowing (A Collection of Poems) is the seventh \"Collection of Poems\", published by Orok Otu Duke, following: Clementines, Sentinels, My Song, Sentinels, Dances on the Plains, Ellipses and Treasures. You are invited to join in his \"Winnowing\". Here is an introduction to Duke Town, his place of origin in Calabar... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Duke Town \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe horizons do not age, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs I see the rivers running back home, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalivating over the sensuous rhythms of my town. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this milieu, the mangrove trees still stand as sentries, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the celebrated ceremonial guards of London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding on the only blocked marina in my continent, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI still feel the presence of the Portuguese, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Germans and the British Visitors and conquistadores in the millennia past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe had a great start at first, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut heartaches and pains soon followed our steps, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWords that never existed in our vocabulary, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon joined the enemy's constabulary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow fear for crime \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuns very high. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolding firmly to the reins of ruins \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecomes a debacle which only \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe maniacally bemused minds \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould really appreciate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Oron looking like a cleft \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Henshaw Town to my left, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObutong stays close to the right like an intrusive elder brother, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Creek Town and Adiabo look on like nosey sisters, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOgling NNS Anansa, Eastern Naval Command and Amphibious Brigade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a town that has defied history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Duke Town.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grosvenor House Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889520165015,"sku":"9781836154617","price":1823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781836154617.webp?v=1781176756","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/winnowing-duke-town-so-the-sky-stayed-and-other-poems-9781836154617","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}