Neptune Calls to Tide

Poet R.I. Iyemere remembers a market town where she grew up as a child. This town is a melting port, called Obiaruku, in Delta State of Nigeria. In these compilations of poems, R.I. Iyemere talks about the pagan heroes, pagan saints, god of the rivers, and the colourful carnival that are all marked in the pagan calendar of this market town, which are celebrated annually. R.I. Iyemere also talks ab...