The ocean
in your eyes,
in its depth,
moves me.
Your smiles
like the juice
of Marula
and the beauty
of your carved lips
do enchant me,
to mime the most
vast deluge of songs
captivating from
Bantuland to Chelsea.
From Mombasa
to Singapore,
You’re the ancient
antiquity,
priceless like Benin
bronze
whose startling myths
depict my soul
Vist Shola at http://www.facebook.com/shola.balogun.184.
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Shola Balogun, playwright, poet and writer is from Yoruba,
southwestern Nigeria. He received his Masters Degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, specializing in Literary and Dramatic Criticism. He was the winner of the First Educare Trust’s Olaudah Equiano Poetry Prize (2002) and the Festival of Peace Poetry Award (2005) organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. He is the author of a collection of poetry, The Cornwoman of Jurare and Other Poems (2007). His books The Wrestling of Jacob, Praying Dangerously: the Cry of Blind Bartimaeus, and Death and Suicide In Selected African Plays, are available at Amazon and select bookstores. His play, Egue Eghae, is ready for the stage. Shola Balogun also writes stories for children. His Yoruba background and encounter at
the age of 21 with the poetry of John Donne and William Shakespeare
influenced his creative writing.
