Ticker Tape

Ticker Tape
Ticker Tape

Ticker taping
       life
like breaking 
       news…


 bullish stock exchange
                            grim crash at interchange
bizarre crime scene

Ticker Tape
              Ticker Tape

and there is no escape
noting every date

conception date
                        birth date
naming date

Ticker Tape
              Ticker Tape

admission date
                      graduation date
employment date

Ticker Tape
              Ticker Tape

first date
          engagement date
nuptial knotting date

Ticker Tape
              Ticker Tape

promotion date
                       retirement date
obituary date

so we make it a date
on that ticker tape…

by Emman Usman Shehu

Emman Usman Shehu is the author of three collections of poetry – Questions for Big Brother, Open Sesame and Icarus Rising. His poetry has feature in several off and online journals most recently in Panoply,Channel, Kufena and Best New African Poets (BNAP). He writes across the genres, is passionate about organising writing workshops and is a member of the Abuja Writers Forum (AWF).