Poems

[POETRY] Brocade

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How often we find rest in the place for longing, fame in the space of hiding, the truth in the face of the neonates.

From Olongo Africa
On June 14, 2021
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Instead of Silence

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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo is a Nigerian poet with works published in Button Poetry, Glass Poetry, and elsewhere.

From Olongo Africa
On May 13, 2021
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Embodied is an Intertextual and Intersectional Masterpiece.

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One of the most exciting and stimulating examples of cross-genre amplification...exhilarating.

From Tasteful Rude
On May 6, 2021
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beneath the waves

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When I break, does God break too?

From Olongo Africa
On April 28, 2021
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Poem: A Little Deeper

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once I step inside an elevator I give myself to the machine

From Olongo Africa
On April 7, 2021
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A Song To All The Fishes My Net Couldn’t Hold

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a girl coaxed me outside the cage of grief

From Olongo Africa
On March 26, 2021
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Lazarus

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you can't tell someone how to deal with their misfortune

From Olongo Africa
On March 24, 2021
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Some Thoughts On World Poetry Day 2021

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Find a poet from your country or your people and read their work as a gift from them to you.

From Olongo Africa
On March 23, 2021
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Everyone Has Something To Say

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remember the year you'd almost died?

From Olongo Africa
On March 19, 2021
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The Mollusk

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He never smiled or frowned, barely ever acknowledged anyone, only focused on that one job: heaving.

From Olongo Africa
On March 18, 2021
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