Man Homeless For 35 Years Reunites With His Family, Thanks To A Stranger’s Kindness
For nearly 35 years, Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho was homeless, living on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He mostly kept to himself, writing poetry from the same spot every single day ― a median that he called “The Island.” Locals came to know of Sobrinho, but no one seemed to pay him much mind. […]
Warsan Shire: The Somali-British Poet Quoted By Beyoncé In Lemonade
She writes of places where many Beyoncé fans rarely go, the portions of London where the faces are black and brown, where men huddle outside shop-front mosques and veiled women are trailed by long chains of children. Warsan Shire, the Somali-British poet whose words are featured in Beyoncé’s new globe-shaking Lemonade album, is a bard […]
The Mother Who Was Also My Muse, By Niyi Osundare
Although slightly lengthy but every second on this piece is very worth the time as Niyi Osundare eulogizes his late mother, Yeye Fasimia Osundare, who joined the ancestresses on November 9, 2015, and was committed to Mother Earth on January 8, 2016. Extract from his 11th book of poems, ‘The World Is an Egg’…..Enjoy. […]
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Iyanuoluwa Isinkaye: 