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an old Ùdàrà tree
the fallen—
community’s strength
honours ancestors
while moving forward
2.
a barricade
across the door
spiderweb
high profile arrests
and resignations
3.
a group call
crowd thinking
burqa
the speakers call
to break fast
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Uchechukwu Onyedikam / Christina Chin
Picture Nick Victor
Biography
Christina Chin (Borneo) and Uchechukwu Onyedikam (Nigeria) are international literary collaborators, and short-form poets. Christina is an award-winning painter, haiku author, and 3-time 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee whose book First Day of the Rest achieved #1 Top New Release and #2 Best Seller in Haiku on Amazon. Uchechukwu is an archived poet at the Japanese Museum of Haiku Literature, Editor at Haiku Horizons (FreeXpresSion Magazine), Founding Editor at MasticadoresAfrica, and member of The Haiku Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council. Together, they have co-authored two renga chapbooks, Pouring Light on the Hills and Clouds of Pink, bridging Asian and African poetic traditions through collaborative linked verse.
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