Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.
AMA ATA AIDOOIts a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth from other people comes so sweet to us when it comes, because, we always carry with us the knowledge of the cold loneliness of death?
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The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.
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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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It is a matter of some interest, that the only other volume A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt reminds one of is Ake, by Wole Soyinka. What is it about these Yorubas?
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Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write when I was too young to know what was good for me.
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Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not difficult.
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Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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