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.
AMA ATA AIDOOPeople are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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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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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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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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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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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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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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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.
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the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.
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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.
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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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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.
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