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Showing posts with label Wole Soyinka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wole Soyinka. Show all posts

Poem: Ogun, from Idanre by Wole Soyinka

  Now I will chant a salute to my Ogun O Belligerent One, you are not cruel. The Ejemu, foremost chief of Iwonran Town, He who smartly accou...
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The Beginning (From Idanre) By Wole Soyinka

Low beneath rockshields, home of the Iron One The sun had built a fire within  Earth's heartstone. Flames in fever fits  Ran in rock fis...
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Requiem: 5 By Wole Soyinka

Requiem: 5 By  Wole Soyinka  I shall sit often on the knoll And watch the grafting.  This dismembered limb must come Some day To sad fruitio...
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Season By Wole Soyinka

Season By Wole Soyinka Rust is ripeness, rust, And the wilted corn-plume.  Pollen is mating-time when swallows  Weave a dance Of feathered a...
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Death in the Dawn By Wole Soyinka

 Death in the Dawn By Wole Soyinka Traveller, you must set out At dawn. And wipe your feet upon  The dog-nose wetness of the earth. Let sunr...
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Abiku By Wole Soyinka

Abiku By Wole Soyinka In vain your bangles cast  Charmed circles at my feet;  I am Abiku, calling for the first  And the repeated time. Must...
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