JAMB Literature Poetry Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara. The poem you provided is “Once Upon a Time” by Gabriel Okara, a prominent Nigerian poet associated with first-generation African literature. “Once upon a time, son,they used to laugh with their heartsand laugh with their eyes:but now they only laugh with their teeth,while their ice-block-cold … Continue reading JAMB Literature Poetry Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara