The Story Of ‘I'm Not Your Plural’ Poem: How I Missed My Flight Because Of The Poem – Gimba Kakanda
Gimba Kakanda is a Nigerian writer with a poetry collection 'Safari Pants', published in 2010. However, he is known more for his socio-political essays and commentaries than his poetry. Currently on a Writing Residency of the International Writing program of the Iowa University, US, he writes a weekly column syndicated in some Nigerian newspapers. When a few days ago he deviated from his normal commentary on social issues in Nigeria and began to share poems on his social media platforms, he got many readers to equally run ‘commentaries’ on this poetic side of him that’s getting revealed to many of his fans only now. One particular poem, 'I'm not your plural' is being shared eagerly across facebook, twitter and whatsapp platforms by enthusiastic readers. Here, he explains to the Arts-Muse Fair the story about the poem. TAMF : You rarely write, or do we say, post poems on your Facebook timeline. However, few days ago you gave us this poem that has got many of