Delight Chilegide Olumati

Poet| Storyteller| Author ×3| Convener, Poetry Meets Children

grief

December 5, 2023

Lingering Loss

When the grief we’ve decided to embrace decides to rob us, how do we keep our hands still wrapped around it?Can the land we buried our mothers still be proud enough to answer when we call it our fatherland?What do we call a tongue that’s forgotten its way home? What do we call a man… Continue reading

Creative Writing, Poetry

death, fatherland, grief, loss, motherland, pain
November 16, 2023

Loss feels Lost too

When grief walks into us, do we welcome it with a trained heart and a brave mind or do we stand and walk ourselves into confusion? Does it trigger happy memories or does it just trigger in us the hard fact that our present and possibly future doesn’t feel full anymore? Is grief an indicator… Continue reading

Creative Writing, The Introspective Series

death, fact, grief, loss, myth, realization, Self-awareness, truth

About Me

Delight Chilegide Olumati is a poet, songwriter, and author. She has performed her intimately powerful and calm poems on stage. Her thought-provoking works on love, grief, and general examination of one’s thoughts have built her into who she embodies. Her first paperback publication “Sweet Savour,” published by Pendullum Publishing Inc in 2021 is currently in the Rivers State Curriculum for JSS3 (2021-2024). She’s the deputy director and manager of Lines and Rhymes, a poetry talk and game show in Nigeria. Additionally, she is the convener of Poetry Meets Children, an initiative dedicated to introducing poetry to young minds and fostering a love for words and creativity in Children.

grief

Lingering Loss

Loss feels Lost too