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Osadolor Osayande
Member since September 14, 2017
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Refugee Mother And Child by Chinua Achebe
No Madonna and Child could touch
that picture of a mother's tenderness
for a son she soon would have to forget.
The air was heavy with odours
of diarrhoea of unwashed children
with washed-out ribs and dried-up
bottoms struggling in laboured
steps behind blown empty bellies. Most
mothers there had long ceased
to care but not this one; she held
a ghost smile between her teeth
and in her eyes the ghost of a mother's
pride as she combed the rust-coloured
hair left on his skull and then -
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singing in her eyes - began carefully
to part it… In another life this
would have been a little daily
act of no consequence before his
breakfast and school; now she
did it like putting flowers
on a tiny grave.
Osadolor Osayande’s timeline
- September 2022
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14 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- September 2018
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14 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- December 2017
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14 ThuReceived a critique
on Refugee Mother And Child by Chinua Achebe from @tonebone
"i felt as if i were an intruder, and even a little ashamed of witnessing it. perhaps that was it's objective. i'll say no more." -
14 ThuReceived a critique
on Refugee Mother And Child by Chinua Achebe from @Chiori
"the Biafran war, it affected the eastern children in those days, I had always known that war is not an issue to advocate for" -
13 WedReceived a critique
on Refugee Mother And Child by Chinua Achebe from @Marvel Godwyn
"I think this poem depicts a scene of children left in total abandonement by mothers in a refuge camp.But not this particular one who would do anything for her child inspite of how slim his survival appears." -
13 WedFirst publication
Refugee Mother And Child by Chinua Achebe
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13 Wed
- September 2017
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25 MonFirst critique offered
on "THE FAULT IN OUR STARS" by @purplekay
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14 ThuJoined Neopoet
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First poem published 90 days later.
About Me
About me
In order to own life, I write. What better way to make my ownership long lasting than to be myself - a poet.
Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, NGA
Favorite Poets
Maya Angelou
Chinua Achebe
Wole Soyinka
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| Poets of West Africa in English | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Concluded |