by Linda Orji | Apr 17, 2017 | Classified, Your Story is My Story
Kpachara anya gi Is an Igbo proverb my father taught me that his mother would say to him. What’s interesting about Igbo proverbs and stories is that they can have various meanings. This proverb literally means ‘take your eye’ however it also means:...
by Linda Orji | Nov 28, 2016 | Classified, Your Story is My Story
I’ve been told that I’m hard to read. I agree. It’s hard to tell what I’m thinking or predict what outlandish thought may develop in my head and exit through my mouth. Yes, I’m unpredictable, so what? Of course, that’s so much easier for me to say today than it...
by Linda Orji | Jul 29, 2016 | Poetry Closet, Your Story is My Story
We are where we are because we’ve forgotten where we were. No one is better. We will all die, but while we are here, can we live, together? We are where we are because we remember where we were. I am better. We will all die, so I don’t care if you live. “You are...