{"product_id":"winnowing-1","title":"Winnowing","description":"\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 Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57399364878680,"sku":"9781836154617","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781836154617.jpg?v=1780120868","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/winnowing-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}