A "Phrygian god" with "Ogun’s twinhood" glows,
In Thebes, where "Pentheus’" rigid law is cast,
A "Dionysian rage" through " Negro slaves" flows,
To break the "theocratic" shackles of the past.
Not "passive peace," but "regenerative fire,"
A "communion rite" where "blood and wine" are one,
He transforms "tragedy" to a "subversive choir,"
Beneath the "ecstatic" and "mercurial" sun.
The "slave leader" tastes a "scent of freedom" deep,
As "divine madness" heals the "sterile" state,
And "ancient rituals" from the "Yoruba" sleep,
To topple "tyrants" and reclaim their fate.
The "thyrsus" and the "iron stave" entwine,
In a "maximalist" surge of "sacred wine".
Sonnet XI: Idanre’s Pilgrim of the Void
On "Idanre’s" peak, the "pilgrimage" begins,
Through "electrical" storms and "marrow-chilling" light,
Where Ogun "cleaves the path" for "human sins,"
Across the "transitionary gulf" of night.
A "prolegomenon" to the "cyclical" age,
Where "creation and destruction" dance as kin,
He "writes in blood" upon the "granite stage,"
Of "techne’s" glory and the "carnage" within.
The "atom’s split" and "metallurgy’s" forge,
Are "echoes" of the "god’s own thirsty blade",
As "metaphysical" torrents from the gorge,
Reveal the "crucible" where "modernity" is made.
He is the "architect" of the "seven paths",
Surviving "chaos" and the "divine" wraths.
Sonnet XII: Ogun Abibiman (The Steel Event)
From "Aké’s" orchards to the "Zulu" kraals,
"Ogun and Shaka" join their "fearsome hands",
Against the "termite" that "apartheid" crawls,
To claim the "dignity" of "Blackness’" lands.
"Silence dethrones dialogue" in the "steel event,"
Where "Sharpeville’s" ghosts and "Guernica" collide,
A "militant" and "incantatory" descent,
Where "pacific love" has nowhere left to hide.
He celebrates the "will" that "outraces swords,"
A "restorative justice" that is "rigid" and "true",
Spurning the "Western" and "idiot tales" of lords,
To forge a "novel form" and "identity" anew.
The "drummer’s exhortation" fills the "veins,"
As "Ogun in the ascendant" breaks the "chains".
We now move into his essays such as Myth, Literature and the African World or perhaps explore his later poems from Mandela's Earth.
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