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Sea of my mind : poems / Remi Raji.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Raji, Remi, author.
Series:
Poetry (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Poetry
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Life--Poetry.
Life.
Nigeria--Poetry.
Nigeria.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (90 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oyo State, Nigeria : Kraft Books Limited, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Having produced five volumes of poetry, with a vision conscious of nationhood, Raji has become a stable dependable and enduring voice in recent Nigerian poetry. A poet with a consummate political theme, Raji sees versification as an engagement in the socio-political discourse of his land, aimed at forging a just nation.
Contents:
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Author‛s Note
Contents
Introit
I‛ve been a journey…
I. Waves
The sojourner‛s pledge
Untold
I am the captured cock
The stranger‛s keeper
The god of poetry
Praying mantis
A simple request
Snapshot I
Snapshot II
Snapshot III
Snapshot IV
Snapshot V
The road to Gombe
Kiagbodo
Ukrainian Day
Lines from Palma de Mallorca
Kwansaba I
Soft bite
All of me is people
Intimation of a final departure
II. Ebbs
The poet
Echoes of absence
News from home
Our fragments
My country is bereaved
Three desperations
Sniper
This house full of noise
Run, country, run
It is you
Counterfeit
City of prose
We are the rage…
At last poetry is on the streets
The fire next time
I have seen dead bones rise
III. Flows
Sea of my mind
I am the one you breathe
Now I compare you with the skin of rivers
Sky scenes
Your name is the perfume of night
River, take my heart
Breathing
I like your adverbs
Clinging
There‛s no beautiful poem like you…
Abebi
I give you
Kwansaba II
Every. Thing. Matters.
Resolve
May the wind follow my plaintiff wish
Recessional
Kengbe Oro
In the barrel of words
Back cover.
Notes:
"Kraftgriots (A literary imprint of Kraft Books Limited)"--Title page verso.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 21, 2015).
OCLC:
933516383

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