Memoirs of the Other Side

By June Okochi

Fine poetry is the music of mathematics, numbers, singing. You
have to look behind the words to understand their meaning.
Dr. Fredericks,
The Good Shepherd (the movie), 2006
For the lovers of poetry; capture this exciting very 20th century
collection of poems.
Memoirs of the Other Side is a post modernist, contemporary and
captivating piece of work. Its style is very prosaic with a free verse
pattern. Its conventionally unrhythmical and includes a collection
of beautiful and varied themes.
June shares some of her personal experiences with her readers in a
view for them to relate to her themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 2, 2010
• ISBN: 9781462820566

June Okochi

June Okochi, author of Memoirs of the Other Side is a young British African poet. She started writing poetry at the age of 12. She explores into real depth and leaves her readers to explore the meanings behind those words. She based her works on experiences from settings of both Africa and the UK. June studied in Nigeria and has a BA in English and Literary studies and is currently studying in London for her MBA.

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Memoirs of the

Other Side

June Okochi

Copyright © 2010 by June Okochi.

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Contents

Just One Thing

10-22-05

Depths of Wonder

FAT-E

Findings

God and Today

Insomnia

Make It Last Forever

My Sister

My Softness

At The Movies

This Thing

Vanity

The Penultimate Day

My Home

Little Mercies

Nature

My Passion, My Pain

The Thick Black Smoke

Are We To Blame?

A-I-D-E-D

The Mad Man

Woman

The Dilemma

That Friendship

The Glass Ceiling

One Day

Unrest

Acknowledgements

Inspired by one of the best writers in the world, Wole Soyinka

I want to dedicate this success to God

and my beautiful family –

my parents Tommy Okochi Sr. and Rachael Buzugbe,

my siblings Tommy Jr., Barbara and Valentine Okochi,

and my niece Michelle Wuyep.

I love you all!

Just One Thing 

In our lives

We possess a beautiful dream

At another point in our lives

We watch those dreams take its first walk

A walk through the hallway of reality

In this metamorphosis

The idea is dependable

If the pitch is queered or hauled into the coals

Reluctance and pessimism is a setback

When an achieved dream is glanced at

Life becomes cherished

Cherished as the only pebble in