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I’ve written poems about gifts.

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Humans, not places, make memories.
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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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Catch Courage Found Myself Once Start Too While Wonder Write Young
It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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Artist Country Understandable
They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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Always Amn Told Wrote
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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Carry Mean Mov Nothing Precious Something Time Unless Value Vehicle
I’ve written poems about gifts.
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Gift Poem Written
The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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Back Certainty Conversation Lunch Old Remain Topic Very
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
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
Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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Come Inspirational Life Must Place Sometimes Unlike
Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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Argument Poem Sometimes Trigger Word
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
Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa’s young people properly.
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Attack Country Easy Guilt Meet People Politician Property Young
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
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
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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