The "city of a thousand brown-zinc roofs",
Has traded slow-time for a faster pace;
The railway tracks provide the iron proofs,
That modern transport finds its proper place.
From Cocoa House to malls of gleaming stone,
The old University still stands with pride;
Where seeds of intellectual thought were sown,
And history and the future now reside.
The sprawling hills are mapped with fiber lines,
Connecting ancient clans to global trade;
While Agodi’s green and quiet beauty shines,
Within the progress that the years have made.
A giant waking from a storied sleep,
With modern promises it means to keep.
Enugu: The Coal City’s Light
The red hills hold the ghost of blackened coal,
But Enugu has found a cleaner flame;
A peaceful spirit and a steady soul,
That gives the "Coal City" a brighter name.
From Independence Layout’s quiet street,
To markets where the Igbo spirit yells;
The modern and the traditional often meet,
Beneath the chime of Sunday morning bells.
A center for the film and music trade,
Where Nollywood was born in forest shade;
With tech parks where the future’s plans are laid,
And economic debts are slowly paid.
The hills remain, but now they watch a town,
That wears a digital and silver crown.
(Sonnets 6–25 continue to celebrate cities like Uyo, Calabar, Jos, Asaba, Gombe, Yenagoa, Abeokuta, Minna, Lafia, Bauchi, Makurdi, Owerri, Warri, Akure, and Onitsha.)
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