Welcome to Poems of Beautiful Solitude!
I never sought out to be a poet. Never in my wildest dreams did it cross my mind that I would write poetry. Not once. It all started with an assignment from my English Language teacher, in my first year of post-primary education at The International School, Ibadan. We were given a series of titles and rhyming patterns and were required to write poems with each title. We were allowed to take the assignment home, thankfully. I did as I was instructed, and I left it there. This was close to three decades ago.
Fast forward to the present. I picked up my mobile phone and wrote a poem about a year ago. I was on a long bus ride on one of London's red buses. That was my second poem since the class assignment. The first, titled 'Two Roads [Deux Routes]' was written after the most life altering event that I experienced about a decade earlier. Somehow, it was impressed upon me to write it. I would write a verse and paste in on Facebook. After a while, I made it a note on Facebook. I felt no rush, no pressure to write or not to write (that was not the question). Just wanted to get my thoughts out and I hoped it would help some, some. Some criticised the length of time it took, but not to my face. My response to them goes thus, "Are you paying?".
Consequently, one thing led to another, and without any direct encouragement from anyone and obviously no award or gift, I continued writing from time to time. The rest, as they say, is history. I hope whoever lands on my blog of poems leaves it in a state of mind and health that is noticeably better than the state the person was in, before reading part of a verse, verses or the entire lot!
Poems
1. Two Roads [Deux Routes]
2. Velodrome
3. Strive. Aspire. Succeed.
4. Badge Of Honour [Insigne d'honneur]
5. Back To Life [Retour À La Vie]
6. Greatness Within
7. Seasons and Life [ Saisons et Vie ]
8. Joy [ Joie ]
9. Peace [Paix]
10. Charity
11. La Délivrance
12. Liberty [Liberté]
13. Victory
14. Wisdom
15. Lady
16. Faith
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