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I’ve written poems about gifts.

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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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Authoritarianism Computation Country Embarrass Expise Fight Literature Purpose Serve
They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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Always Amn Told Wrote
No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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All Anyone Matter No Say Woman
Soyinka’s Death at Dawn, Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts, Stevie Smith’s Not Waving but Drowning and Wislawa Szymborska’s Some People come to mind immediately. But there are plenty, plenty more that I enjoy.
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Art Auden Beaux Country Death Enjoy Immediately Mind People Person Plenty Some
Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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Come Inspirational Life Must Place Sometimes Unlike
People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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Antics Create Even God Immensely People Worm
Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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Argument Poem Sometimes Trigger Word
O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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Everyone Lonely Other Some Time
It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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Artist Country Understandable
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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Admit Closer Come Death Knowledge Loneliness Ourselves People Warmth
Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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Become Children Frightened Moment Parent Really Sad
Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we need food for our stomachs and clothes for our backs, love is nothing. Ah my lady, the last man any woman should think of marrying is the man she loves.
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Back Cloth Dance Food Good Love Man Marry Need Sing Sometimes Stomach
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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Difficult Frankly Idea Interset Occur Once Poem Rest Theme Want
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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Country Interest Matter Mouth People Person Salt Some Sweeter Volume
I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.
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Always Poetry Very Want When Write Young
Humans, not places, make memories.
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Human Memorize Place

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