Uchechukwu Onyedikam




Not enough sadness 

to paint the night blue from dark

as the moon shades her

Not enough silence

to still the tongue that breaks trust

that reeks of venom

Not enough money

to cash her beauty to an

object of pleasure.


Not enough word to heal &

make miracle from the silence

of true acquaintance


Arms not stretched enough to

embrace the rose in the dark

to make home in your heart


…share enough strange smiles across

the streets to that peasant man

digging himself out





Uchechukwu Onyedikam is a Nigerian ‘mad’ creative artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He’s a well-published Poet. His poems have appeared in Amsterdam Quarterly, Brittle Paper, Spillwords, Hood Communists, The Hooghly Review, Unlikely Stories Mark V, and in anthologies both print and online. He and Christina Chin has co-written and published two poetry chapbooks — Pouring Light On The Hills (December 2022) and Clouds of Pink (March 2024).