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COME THUNDER by CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO

First Line: NOW THAT THE TRIUMPHANT MARCH HAS ENTERED THE LAST STREET CORNERS
Last Line: THE LAST LIGHTED TORCH OF THE CENTURY

Poem Sources:

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 3RD EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1984)
 
NEW BOOK OF AFRICAN VERSE.
  REED, JOHN, & WAKE, CLIVE (EDS.)
  (1984)
 
THE HEINEMANN BOOK OF AFRICAN POETRY IN ENGLISH.
  MAJA-PEARCE, ADEWALE (ED.)
  (1990)
 
THE VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY WORLD POETRY.
  MCCLATCHY, J. D. (ED.)
  (1996)
 
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 4TH EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1998)
 



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