I went to interview in a lovely home with two sausage dogs, an intrepid biker, a little girl, and a woman with a wave of salted hair. I didn’t see the biker or the little girl but I met the sausage dogs and the lady with salted hair.

When you have a new book out, it comes with the great virtue of shamelessness. The ability to sell it anywhere and to anyone who can read their name. So there we were, with the Duke Of Gatanga at The Gastro Bar in Westlands.

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“Art is giving yourself permission to translate life. Exactly the way you feel. See. And hear it. Be the artist you are. Give yourself permission to speak your own language.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

NEW EPISODE: INTERVIEW WITH OLUWATOSIN ISAAC, FEATURING PATIENCE AGADA

This episode features a special guest, WORDSDIVA AGADA, a spoken-word poet and writer who lives in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Listen here 👇
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#PoemifyPublishers #Podcast

Poetry is a weapon.

Do you listen to Paramore?'
I ask her,
Even more.

'It's not news.'
She smiles, forcibly.

#writingcommunity

#NewPost
More than anything I remember thinking, ‘this chick has OCD.” It was how the cups hung from the kitchen counter, coded by colour. How they gleamed in the light from the window.

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Anyone who has been at the writing game for a while could list several reasons to give up. Maybe two dozen. But the reason they keep going is hard to argue with: they love writing. Or, maybe they don't like the writing so much, but they love telling stories.
#amwriting

This is Limbo, the 3rd track off my 2021 debut album (Dreams za Tomorrow)

The album is available on all major music streaming platforms

Visit the link below to listen to my music.

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I can't
promise my heart much.
but,
for every snap of my fingers
that matches
with the stumping of my feet,

I would want its strength
when marching out,
fits.
#poetry

Time for a self-promo thread with a twist again! 📚

Let's judge a book by its cover today.

- Share ONLY your book cover(s) (ads and videos are also allowed)
- NO links

Check out the comments. If you like something, ask for the link and maybe grab a copy. ❤️

I want to be
in these waters, drowning my body
a drop at a time.
I want every time,
you ask me,
how are the waves?
Do they shake every part of you?
Do they,
bring the hell upon you?
I want my answers,
to overshadow all these questions.

for all I want,

is to forget.

#poetry

Happy New Year #WritingCommmunity #poetrytwitter
If you're looking for new reads this year check out my book, CIRCLE OF PERFECTION, a collection of poems revolving around love, family and healing.
It's available on #KindleUnlimited
Happy reading ❤️
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No poem better captures that overwhelming melancholy I've felt every new year's eve since my late-20s.