The Rwanda Genocide - a Quarter of a Century later
http://odiedostephen.com/imanna-an-epic-poem-on-the-rwanda-genocide/ Rwanda 1994: it’s been 25 years of this abiding nightmare Apocalypse: When Rwanda looked deep into the heart of the abyss, the abyss looked deep into the heart of Rwanda I. Th’ first surface to air missile shrieked straight Skywards over Kigali's sunset-red Skies ’n’ struck the Dassault falcon true at eight Twenty five. Th’ second missile struck for dead Home but moments after: the first one bled Out Rwanda, that missile a stab rending Th’ heart, th’ vitals - Rwanda’s dead. Life’s fled: Ablaze, the plane - all vitals torn, bleeding Ichor gushing is death: th’ state is exploding Stanza I of IMANNA an epic poem in Spenserian Stanza written to commemorate the Rwanda Genocide and remember its victims a quarter of a Century after the tragedy. Stanza 1 of IMANNA , the epic poem I have written on the Rwanda Genocide. ...