Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor

Fear is a child after one’s heart. It will pile stones, pile bones, and leave you in ruins, if you don’t undo what you fear. 

I saw this book when my team and I visited J Randel Museum in Lagos last month. I took a mental note and promised I would get a copy as soon I got home. It was hard to find but I prevailed. And guess what it teaches, poems written in the heart of Biafra War. My parents were teenagers of the war and I still remember their stories. To read writings from the war is astounding to me. To read poetry about fear in the middle of what I call my fear/soar season is astounding. We are facing our fears and doing so one poetry at a time.