LONELY ROAD, RESCUE AND HOME
CARVING A POETIC PATH TO CALVARY
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Mounting Higher Ground I am climbing to a ground that is higher Where the world would behold me and admire, A level to which men and women would aspire. Where my head is adorned with a crown of fire – And my body is clothed in God’s holy attire. For my soul is consumed by this sole desire: To serve and to love God, never to tire; To fight the good fight, never to retire; To run the righteous race, never to expire – For these legs are not mine, I got them on hire From a caring Creator who is my help and sire. I am mounting steps beyond Satan’s mire – His pranks and plans have failed to douse my fire. I have stepped beyond his untimely funeral pyre; He said I will surely die but he is a bare-faced liar For here I stand, untouchable like God’s naked wire!
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LONELY ROAD, RESCUE AND HOME is a poetic rendering of the poet-persona’s gratitude for being a beneficiary of God’s marvellous mercy. Some of the poems trace the pang-filled path of a prodigal son who, at a critical juncture in his life, was guided Home by the extravagant love of his heavenly Father. Some point out the pitfalls that Christians must avoid on the lifelong race to Glory. Others make long plaintive calls to those who have veered off the Straight and Narrow Way, inviting them to return to the fabulous and inexhaustible estate of their Creator.
About the Author
JESSE UNOH is a Biase-born lawyer-poet from Itu-Agwagune, a small village on the eastern bank of the Cross River. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2005, following his graduation from the University of Calabar a year earlier. He has practiced creative writing for over a decade and is a poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, essayist and a freelance editor. He is the author of Midnight Angel which won First Runner-Up, Association of Nigerian Authors/Jacaranda Prize for Prose in 2010. Jesse has been recognized for his poetry too, picking up two NKA (University of Calabar) Poet-of-the-Year plaques in 1999 and 2000. Now living in Abuja where he is a Legislative Aide at the National Assembly, this is his maiden individual outing in verse.