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For Wole Soyinka by TeniBaba: 8:12am On Oct 23, 2008 |
FOR WOLE SOYINKA Wet wood in blazing hearth, Erudition will not burn In the flames Of untutored tongues- Yet it may dance to their stuttered tunes. My heart-drum beats Its solitary accompaniment To my humble tone- I sing for One with a voice so deep And pure- Let him dance, o, let him hear! Hallowed voice will not dissolve. Air rises From rebornable leaves To quicken the resolves Of many more- Consecrated black That whips away the dark. See! It rouses new ones: New voices That are but echoes Of the old, bold, ever-vibrant voice. And though the mouth Must someday be closed, The life it has breathed Will linger still; Till all the traders, beggars And thieves have gone Their various ways To their various homes. And this market closes Her silenced gates. |
Re: For Wole Soyinka by nanaboi(m): 5:15pm On Nov 12, 2008 |
And did nobody ever stop to read this. TeniBaba, thanx 4 paying homage to the one man. Just wondering, what did u study and what do u do now? |
Re: For Wole Soyinka by kay9(m): 7:58am On Nov 13, 2008 |
TeniBaba: Tight. You held the flow of words all till the end of the poem |
Re: For Wole Soyinka by bluespice(f): 1:12pm On Nov 13, 2008 |
he is either a literature student or some really gifted person either way, its not often we see Nigerians paying homage to our living legends thanks for ur effort |
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