Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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My father has his tongue
On what he wears
I grew up to know him on trousers and tin shirts
With a belt of an iron head, silver or gold
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Alex Adeoye
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Bri Edwards 12 July 2013

i had to look up the word ephemera, AND read the poem again. i found agbada online but i doubt i found the definition of buba that you meant! ! ! (i looked up buba and bubba) i'm not familiar with some of the expressions you used, like a hilly bully that fake him taller [do you mean to write fake or make i wonder], and has his tongue, but i get the picture you are painting of a father who has returned to traditional african clothing and refuses to compromise with his son on his wardrobe choices. thanks for sharing.

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Babatunde Aremu 12 May 2012

This is a good effort. Very apt in transforming experience into literary work.

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