Awulu Ojonugwa

Exclusive Interview with Joseph Hope Ojonu gwa: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another blessed episode of "one on one with Ojonugwa" and tonight we will be talking poetry Join us swiftly as we travel on this journey Guest's biography Joseph Hope is writing from Nigeria, a student of Usman Danfodio University. His works are either forthcoming or already published in Reckoning Press, Evening Street Press, Zoetic Press,  New Verse News, Praxis Magazine, AfroPoetry, Gemini Spice Magazine, Spillwords, SprinNG, Writers Space Africa, Nthanda Magazine, 5th Chinua Achebe Anthology, Ariel Chart, Best "New" African Poets 2019 Anthology, and many more. He's a young man running away from his name. How absurd! He tweets @ itz_joe9 Ojo nugwa : Good evening sir, we are honoured speaking with you tonight, so can we know more about you? Your childhood and what it was like? Joseph Hope : Thank you so much for having me. Growing up for me was nothin...

So few months ago, I was having this "women talk" with a group of friends and one of them made a comment,... "See ehn, i dont want much, let me just marry a rich man, even if I'm the second wife, I don't care, he should just have plenty money" Ahh... Me I shouted o,... I had to shout, second wife of a rich man...,  Why second wife, I looked at my self, a whole daughter of Abba like this.., the complete package..., It had never even crossed my mind I asked why second wife, she said it is hard to see a rich single man... I had to give her some explanations... You can actually marry a rich man and be his first wife, his only wife sef.., it may be scarce, but not impossible.. because it's too good to be true sometimes doesn't mean it's not true If we can tell God about the little things, like the long hair, the flat tummy, and all Why can't you tell him about the big things like marriage..yes it's a big thing.., tell him exactly how you want ...