Poet Terrance Hayes has selected Nick Makoha's poem, 'From the King' for his regular column at the New York Times Magazine. The poem comes from Nick's first full poetry collection, Kingdom of Gravity, which was launched this month in London at Africa Writes, and in Uganda earlier this week. Kingdom of Gravity is also shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Award for best first collection. Read the poem, and Terrance Hayes' insightful comments, and you'll see why this young poet is going places!
