August 2016
Uche Ogbuji
uche@ogbuji.net
I was born in Calabar, Nigeria and lived, among other places, in Egypt and England before settling near Boulder, Colorado with my wife and four children. I'm a computer engineer by trade, but poetry is my passion. My chapbook, Ndewo, Colorado is a Colorado Book Award Winner. In my spare time I snowboard, coach and play soccer, and train in American Kenpo. I am also an editor at Kin Poetry Journal.  A selection of my poems was included in the Best New African Poets 2015 anthology.

​Lazy Crazy Hazy


Sandwiches and sausages and chips
Brim checkered hampers laid out on the bench
With veg, exotic condiments and dips.

Iced tea jugs announce the thirst they quench
While treats to mollify the son and daughter
Brim checkered hampers laid out on the bench.

Sand castles, wave jumping, water
Balloons, bubbles, euchre, hard lemonade…
While treats to mollify the son and daughter

Paint sticky fingers into grime charade;
Small talk pumps effervescence throughout
Balloons, bubbles, euchre, hard lemonade.

Long-shorted packs, caps backwards, woo out
Bikinied girls who giggle bold banter;
Small talk pumps effervescence throughout;

They nibble and sniff at the decanter,
Sandwiches and sausages and chips,
Bikinied girls who giggle bold banter
Mix leg, exotic compliments and hips.
©2016 Uche Ogbuji
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