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2021/13/122021/13/12

Niyi Osundare’s new book ‘Green: Sighs of our Ailing Planet’ debuts January 2022

This is awesome news for Niyi Osundare’s fans: he has a new book out in January 2022. Yaaaaay! Titled Green: Sighs of our Ailing Planet, the collection is an urgent collection of necessity born out of the poet’s need to speak to issues that plague the world. The overview of the book on Barnes and Noble notes that it “is a critical pastoral of poems concerning the environment aroudn the world, from place to place…a book relevant and hopeful for people to stop and reflect on the endangered beauty of all of nature.”

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2019/04/122019/05/12

SIMPLY MORTAL (A SHORT STORY)

He met Adoo long ago, a stunning beauty: petite but full in every other office. Hers was a chocolate dark skin that shone through any season; glistening and moist. She had the most beautiful set of legs seen anywhere, complemented by a full back and perfect waist. An ample bosom that showcased a full chest and an endearing heart followed up and ended in a most rounded ever smiling face that delighted the weariest of souls. She also had a heart of such endless depths to match. Yes, Adoo was all of this and so much more. He—Ngusha—was not the beast, either. Well, not in any deformity. He was a hunk with a height to compensate for hers, and strength to show for her every frailty. He shared her complete smile and perfect denture in a remarkable face that brought older and younger opposites to obeisance. They seemed to complete each other, as everyone said. Nature seemed to agree for a rough wind always seemed to mellow to a loving whisper at their sight. It seemed a union made in heaven, as indeed they made it.

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2018/22/062018/22/06

FOREVER AND AGAIN (A LOVE POEM)

Every day rises with a pain
Sometimes deep, at other times just plain
Absence in that missing part of the soul
We are never whole
And wake up each day, nursing the hole
That our missed rib strikes into our hearts

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2017/27/04

The Definition of Hope

Poetry is hope; hope is life; something beautiful. If you would listen, it is a promise. If you would listen, quietly and get those codes that gently unveil themselves to us like dawn unfolds to day; like the caterpillar to a butterfly. It is the look of waters – on a cloudy night; wait a … Continue reading The Definition of Hope

2017/04/02

MAYBE WE SHOULD LEARN TO HATE

Maybe we should learn to hate. Not to love everything, like our heart would have us do. Not to compromise on things that are more of lies, for the sake of – peace. When they piss on the centre of our souls, quenching the one thing that keeps us going –sanity. Maybe we should learn … Continue reading MAYBE WE SHOULD LEARN TO HATE

2016/28/122016/28/12

ONCE UPON A TALE OF LIFE (Versed Notes)

(after listening to a spoken word by daisy odey) once, there was a storyteller who created fires from sparks who started each tale with ‘let there be’… a teller of many intertwining tales who told our universe to be and in that space, he killed the darkness, formed the light filled everywhere, made it bright… … Continue reading ONCE UPON A TALE OF LIFE (Versed Notes)

2016/24/092016/24/09

A SONG TO A TALE by Su’eddie Vershima Agema

It was one song. The song of his romance. The song of his soul. The tune played slowly into his ears as memory came rushing in. He had been asking Julia out for some time. They knew they liked each other and he just couldn’t see why she would see their language difference as a … Continue reading A SONG TO A TALE by Su’eddie Vershima Agema

2016/12/09

THE MOMENT OF THE ROSE by Su’eddie Vershima Agema

The Almighty gives a gift – of a rose, to those who are blessed. You hold it carefully, and ignore the thorns. You smell the fragrance and enjoy its beauty, always knowing that one fine tomorrow perhaps, it will wither. Or maybe you will wither first. Maybe a miracle will enclose you both into an … Continue reading THE MOMENT OF THE ROSE by Su’eddie Vershima Agema

2016/19/012016/19/01

face of heaven (a poem) by su’eddie vershima agema

rainbows hide memories of misery that certain storms bring peace a colour of the wind poured into one that helps give our souls joy… the face of heaven is a smile that lived in my heart i found its construct in your words as they came together slowly one on the other …it was also the … Continue reading face of heaven (a poem) by su’eddie vershima agema

2016/19/01

PRELUDE TO FACE OF HEAVEN (thoughts)

I just completed the poem, ‘Face of Heaven’. I started writing the poem in church on Sunday. Yes, I did. The sermon was on the miracle at the wedding of Cana. I think there’s much we can pick from the Bible. There’s so much treasure within. I could preach on and on, but even if … Continue reading PRELUDE TO FACE OF HEAVEN (thoughts)

PASS THE WORD: SHARE PLEASE!

PASS THE WORD: SHARE PLEASE!

PASS THE WORD: SHARE PLEASE!