Hurrah for Thunder
This poem is about the hunters in Africa who are overhunting the elephants. Mourning the expected loss of the elephants, Okigbo tries to remind people of these majestic animals' value and how they once ruled the jungle. Using the imagery of the passage of time, Okigbo demonstrates a certain resignation to his perceived inability to influence change.
Path of Thunder
In this poem two people are conversing: Dee Christopher, town crier, and an unnamed second individual. Having embarked into the desert together, the second man now finds himself alone because Christopher abandoned him. When they reunite, Christopher explains that he left in order to allow the second man to perform a sacred ritual of meditation. Now the man is able to become a town crier himself and to avoid joining the military.
Love Apart
The narrator is heartbroken over losing his lover. He uses nature imagery to describe the rift between them, explaining that they aren't the people who they used to be. Although the lovers seem to believe they are together, the truth is they are alone in their relationship.
