The way the raven’s eyrie

hunkers down in the stomach

of leaves, you would think, forever,

its moss and mud and sticks 

would stay: sprout a bud even,

wear the green of trees

and the orange of Vanessa cardui.  

      The wind, nettled, warring

             from Zambezi, smacks

                    the home in the dark;

outflung is an egg crashing upon a tree trunk,

not to mention the many other things. 

Author’s Biography

Ernest Amayogbe is a poet, playwright, prose writer, and photographer born in Benin City, Nigeria. He is a member of the Literary Society of Nigeria (LSN). His works have appeared in Akpata Magazine and Sun Daily and have been featured in upcoming anthologies. Black Tuesday and Other Poems is his recent publication. Ernest writes from Splendour’s Gallery, his photo art studio.