Poems

• Published in: Caliban
• Main Author: Osundare, Niyi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2022
• Subjects: geo; lang; Arctic; Global warming
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/caliban/6784

Head in the Sand (To the accompaniment of the song: O ntan ra re je o O ntan ra re je Afasegbejo, o ntan ra re je) Global warming is a figment Of liberal imagination: Melting Arctic ice Is a dollop of cream in the sun Rising oceans Are bodies of water at play That seven-year drought in Utah Is just a dusty joke The flood which buried the Koma village Is a scene from Noah's epic The desert's coastward march Is a quest for a cool companion Afasegbejo o ntan ra re je See.