Poems and Poetry: Benin
Benin
Womb of culture
Mother of art
This is the land
I’ve so envisioned in fancy.
A land so boundlessly
Blessed with dexterity
In the work of creativity.
Bronze casting
Wood carving
Bridge between the
Past and the present.
The ancient culture
Of Benin but little
Concession to contemporary
Culture made.
Majestic culture of
Majestic people,
Ancient but not outmoded.
Built out the eternal
Past into the eternal
Present for the
Unforeseeable future.