Writings of the general word's body

Monday, September 25, 2006

Nwokolo & Friends


So, when your ISP telephones
with an installation date,
wait.

Wait for the camel.

For the journey is the message
and it cannot be emailed.

& though the river may be dead
though her bed be dust
this may just be the day of the month of the year of the century
that it rains...

Chuma Nwokolo Jr
Writer-in-Residence, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Join Chuma Nwokolo for Journeys
a Literary Evening in Black History Month
@ The Mallett Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH
On Saturday 7th October, 2006
Programme
5.30pm - Guided Tour of the Treasures Exhibition
6.30pm - Chuma Nwokolo & Friends
7.30pm - Special Gospel Choir
Entrance is Free but booking essential.Contact Henrietta Gill
tel - 01895 288 181 /email - henrietta.gill@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

1 comment:

Mark Prime (tpm/Confession Zero) said...

Wow. Loved where it left me. Thank you.