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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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Catch Courage Found Myself Once Start Too While Wonder Write Young
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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Chance Force never Powerful Progress Underestimate
Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information.
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Country Full Funny Given Irrevelant Memory Modern Package People Race Seriously Truly
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
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
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
Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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Come Inspirational Life Must Place Sometimes Unlike
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
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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Age Ask Career Fifteen Poet Reply Teacher Want
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
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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Best Consider Knife Neither One Riddle Sharpen Side Solve Way
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
Ghana is like a lion without a head
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Ghanam Like Head Lion Without

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