III. Tribute to Kofi Awoonor: Awoonor The Spirit Man Is Gone by Kwabena Agyare Yeboah
This is the third in a series of tributes dedicated to the memory of Kofi Awoonor, the poet, academic, novelist, and politician who died during the terrorist attack of the Westgate Mall in Kenya. Kwabena Agyare Yeboah, the author of this poem, is a young poet and a blogger.
ImageNations is providing a platform for people who want to pay tribute to Kofi Awoonor in the form of poems or even essays.
the night speaks of the cousins
who mat at the shoreImageNations is providing a platform for people who want to pay tribute to Kofi Awoonor in the form of poems or even essays.
the night speaks of the cousins
in a howling silence
rekindling the voice of the flute
that adorns glorious dirges
Awoonor,
the day is sleeping
your sail has seen darkness
and Keta's wall is maimed
kutsiami!
ferry the eagle home
as times merge as memories
that fade journeys
into a cast eternity
on this path called home
mortals will gather tears
and trail your walk
Awoonor,
mention us to the forebearers
and sleep not on our struggles
adieu, son of the land
Powerfully moving words
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