Dr Jfw Ndikum

Words of A Feather Dr Jfw Ndikum

This four-part collection of poems chronicles a tumultuous and intense phase in my life. Dashed into the throes of life - its ecstasies and its agonies - and a close witness (in my work as a medical doctor) to the human condition, I found solace in expressing the restless inferno raging within my psyche.

The poems were written as they 'arrived', sometimes after ward-rounds and frequently on public transport. Occasionally, they would arrive in the shower, forcing me to leap out and rapidly pen whatever words did 'flash upon that inward eye', before they vanished into nothingness. I wrote on inspiration and the objects of my reflection always proved a most wonderful muse.