for Dale Patterson
Green spar from wing armor glitters
Against blued sunshine
As, swaying in defiance of wind,
Your jade pinhole eye pricks from scene to scene,
Discerning softly.
Your solitary majesty makes
cowards out of wasps;
Undecorated dance haunts even
The modern-day aesthete of steel-shot eye,
Inspiring softly.
Turn green mist from transient scourge
And settle abroad,
Your slowness defying the world--
The proudest king lone, no pomp, no tumult;
Reigning softly.
Mantis by Uche Ogbuji | Lemon Poetry Reed Diffuser Set
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Uche Ogbuji, more properly Úchèńnà Ogbújí, is a poet, spoken word performer and DJ. Author of two award-winning books of poetry, Ndewo, Colorado, 2013 (Colorado Book Award Winner), and Ńchéfù Road, 2022 (Christopher Smart Prize, UK). He fell in love with poetry, spoken word and DJ crafts while studying engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a campus legendary for its artistic movements. His work connects many immigrant and cross-cultural threads, including Igbo culture, European classicism, American Mountain West setting, Hip-Hop and afrofuturism. He has settled near Boulder, Colorado after much world wandering, serves on the board of the Colorado Poets Center, and as Boulder County Arts Fellow for Literature and Music.
