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  January 2023     7 months ago

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TABULA RASA

Long ago...
I heard the cry of the new born baby — all agog.
Mom said his folded hands were full
of his livelihood and sustenance.
Now, in his immaculate maturity —
I heard that he slept and never woke up
Oh! Danny said his house got burnt.
...

by Afolabi Faruq O.

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THE PHENOMENA

The feeling,
Of holding one's head up for a flag of all free;
Wailing like horns across the Horn of Africa,
To the Soyinka of Africa!
Don John of Austria
Is riding to the sea

Poets are on their kneels -
Holding the hilt of their...

by Afolabi Faruq O.

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