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REVIEW: SKELETON OF A RUINED SONG – BOLA OPALEKE (ICE FLOE PRESS)

June 14, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

Wars are waged. Bodies are born and bathed and dying. Language is lost. Friends and lovers, too. If we are “guardians of God’s words” then what is it exactly that we are guarding

Categories: BOOK REVIEWS • Tags: africa, beauty, bola opaleke, ghosts, God, life, love, poetryquestion, War

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POWER OF POETRY #45: BOLA OPALEKE

June 11, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

It is how both can have their salvations split in two in a single process. I think it was Jericho Brown that said: “Poetry has its own language”. Nothing can be truer in my opinion.

Categories: THE POWER OF POETRY • Tags: actions, body, bola opaleke, Feelings, Human, life, love, Nigeria, poetry, poetryquestion

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