Reaching out my tainted hands
Empty of purity
Discord, my identity
Eclipsed by the world and ‘of the World’,
Mundane… my priority.
Prints of destruction
Taking a toll on my soul
In all of this,
Offered He, His hands of Love to me,
Never a thought of taking it back.
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Onuabuchi Jane Ogochuku was born in Abia State, Nigeria, in the Year 2000. She grew up in the comfort of her parent’s home, who are unflinching advocates of quality education. She studied Education in English Language (Double Major) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Education, Second Class, ‘upper Division. She is a creative poet, a passionate spoken word artist, and an author of diverse works in progress: poems, flash fiction, children’s literature, and short stories. Her stage name is “The Weeping Ink.” She has been featured in several stage performances, like; Poetry Week Alvan Edition (2017), International Conference of Students of English and Literary Studies ICOSELS (2018) World Poetry Day (2019 and 2020).
Onuabuchi Jane Ogochuku is a one-time Coordinator of the Teens Writer’s Club in the year 2023 and a one-time scribe and critique of a Writer’s Club (Alvan Creative Writer’s Forum, Owerri Imo State, Nigeria) She is the current coach of a Teens Press and writer’s Club, Azuba Bashayi, Lafía, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. She has won several awards and a medal in the creative world as a result of her prowess. Awards like first runner-up in the Spoken Word Poetry Competition (2018) and first place in the performative poetry competition Owerri Nigeria (2019), amongst other appearances.
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Read – Only by His Grace – A Poem by Neba Terry-Phebe Ngum – Cameroon
