Churchill Okonkwo holds a degree in Geology/Physics (combined honors) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He has worked as a Graduate Assistant at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka for two years.
A poet, he has two unpublished manuscripts ("Tunnel of Confusion" and " Beautiful Nonsense"). He is currently working on a third, "Voices from the Spirit World". He also writes short stories. His works include: The Erosion Menace in Anambra Basin South-eastern Nigeria: causes impact and solution.
Churchill Okonkwo lives in Onitsha, Nigeria and is currently completing his Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State. The fly follow a person who is carrying a smelly stuff and
Chained
Anambra state
Emancipated,
Yet chained to slavery
You try to swim underwater
Away from the shores of tears and suffering in the state
But the undercurrent dragged us towards the land
We heard the put-put-put of the
Stumbling and struggling …
In an attempt to balance the equation
Our hearts broke in rhythm and seem to jump into our mouth
We staggered as the state blurred
Laughter overwhelmed coherence
“You think you are a prisoner of war?”
“But there is no war”, they shouted
“But there is war”, we muttered
“Justice” at the Supreme Court
A new and disturbing twist to our captivity
After the failure of election manipulation
Fed with prolonged sleep and diet of underdone roasted yam
With hands tied together and put over our knees
We were beaten in a quick succession
First on one side, then on the other
From Mabadinuju and Emeka Offor
To Chris Ubah and Andy Ubah
From arsonist to philanthropist
From presidential aid to monumental fraud
The Anambra cabals are a different breed of species
Now, they want to tie us down and put salt on us
Lay us in the sun while they wipe us again
So that when they are finished
We will be dead
Or if sill breathing
Fenced with barbed wires and chained