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Atiku Abubakar beg Katsina people not to abandon him in 2023.
Atiku Abubakar beg Katsina people not to abandon him in 2023.
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Putin allegedly fires two of his commanders over failure to capture Kharkiv.
Putin allegedly fires two of his commanders over failure to capture Kharkiv.
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Alaba market trader’s mourns as 14 days eviction notice issued by Lagos State government.
Alaba market trader’s mourns as 14 days eviction notice issued by Lagos State government.
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Australia send military aide worth $60.9 million to Ukraine.
Australia send military aide worth $60.9 million to Ukraine.
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Abandoned, or: Never finished
Poetry Partners #81 ‘Letter to a friend’, a poem by Filipa Moreira da Cruz of ‘De Malinha Pronta’ Dear friend, I’m counting the days for Spring to come You know I dislike Winter time If you were here, we could stroll on the beach Feeling free and released Have I told you that I have…
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Delib, or: ately awkward
A quadrille (in descort form) Static thinking falls short when writing a descort; it is deliberately awkward, as every single line must differ from every other line in length, meter, and rhyme too, thereby forcing poets to be flexible, or at least write more irregularly than they might prefer. Descort poem The descort differentiates itself…
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Humanity, or: Me
A haibun Tonight, my wife, daughter and I went out to watch the fireworks for Israel’s Independence Day, which follows immediately after Israel’s Memorial Day. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last time we went out to watch the fireworks was three years ago, just before I flew to the USA for the unveiling of…
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Five, or: Sixth
My 1stCrown Cinquain my eyes can only see that which is, and even then they must close sometimes, unlike my ears my ears sometimes pick up strange, seemingly distant sounds, but get distracted, unlike my tongue my tongue can distinguish ‘tween umami; sweet; sour; salty; bitter, but not without my nose my nose is sensitive…
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Dare, or: Truth
An American sentence: Her dad beams, as his child teaches herself to swim without a kickboard. What’s an ‘American Sentence’? Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didn’t work as well in English. Ginsberg decided to remove the line structure of the haiku, maintaining the requirement of 17 syllables total. He…
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