What is Bread?

by Oyin Oludipe / February 28th, 2016

What is bread?
What is bread for my people?
A distant shore,
A grandiose god

What is bread?
What is bread for my people?
A mocking horizon;
Passing apparition

What is bread?
Bread is a bygone story
And my people learn to tell it
With a beautiful cry

Oyin Oludipe is a Nigerian poet, critic and columnist. He is a contributing author to the anthology of poetry and prose, ‘We Cry for Peace’ published by Speaking Pen International. In 2014, his poem, ‘Student’ was shortlisted for the Eriata Oribhabor Prize for Poetry. Read other articles by Oyin.

This article was posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2016 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.