Neptune Calls to Tide

About the Book

Poet R.I. Iyemere remembers a market town where she grew up as a child. This town is a melting port, called Obiaruku, in Delta State of Nigeria. In these compilations of poems, R.I. Iyemere talks about the pagan heroes, pagan saints, god of the rivers, and the colourful carnival that are all marked in the pagan calendar of this market town, which are celebrated annually. R.I. Iyemere also talks about falling in love and how being deeply in love could be of gladness and of sadness. These compilations of poems goes in-depth about so many issues that affects so many people in our mists. R.I. Iyemere talks about compassion, fairness, humanities, kindnesses, and tolerance.

About the Author

My name is Ruth Isabel Omona Iyemere. I write under R.I. Iyemere. I’m a Nigerian-born British poet. I was born in Delta State of Nigeria. My father died during the Nigerian Civil War. I left school without any higher school certificates to my name. In the 1980s through correspondence course, I acquired a couple of GCSE certificates. In the year 1997, I enrolled to study law with the Open University; sadly during my second year, I dropped out due to lack of funds to pay my fees. For eleven years, I studied at universities of hardships and learned how to write poems and quotes.