Narrow Escapes

Tanure Ojaide

Description

Narrow Escapes: A Poetic Diary of the Coronavirus Pandemic is a poetic journey that is at once emotional and spiritual. In over 200 distinct poems, the reader follows the poet’s musing from the pandemic’s outbreak to the onset of the second wave. The poems are shaped by and reflect the persistent fear induced by the ubiquity of the virus and the accentuation of life’s uncertainty as never experienced before. In diary form, the poet deploys specific images to present the virus as a leveler because its victims are not defined by class, race, ideology, nationality, or culture. The poems invite readers to go beyond our obsessions with self and materialism by embracing compassion, love, sacrifice, and sensitivity to others. Ranging from the personal, familial, and public to the political and economic, the poet reminds readers of the lurking presence of nonhuman beings and the ways in which they intertwine with human beings. The poems are themselves therapeutic, painting as it were on the canvass of a shaken world, broad strokes of poetic language that render a much better version of an imperfect world.

Sujets

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• Poetry
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Informations

• Publié par: Spears Media Press
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781942876786
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Narrow Escapes

A Poetic Diary of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Tanure Ojaide

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Spears Books An ïmprînt oF Spears Medîa ress Ç 7830 W. Aàéà Avé, Sué 103-247 Dévé, ÇO 80226 Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà

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Nô à ô ŝ ubçàô ày bé éôuçé, ŝbué, ô àŝé  ày ô ô by ày éàŝ, çug ôôçôyg, éçôg, ô ôé ééçôç ô éçàçà éôŝ, wôu é ô wé éŝŝô ô é ubŝé, éxçé  é çàŝé ô bé quôàôŝ ébôé  ççà évéwŝ à çéà ôé ôçôéçà uŝéŝ éé by çôyg àw. ô éŝŝô équéŝŝ, wé ô é ubŝé, àéŝŝé “Aéô: éŝŝôŝ Çôôàô,” à é àéŝŝ àbôvé.

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For my daughter, Amreghe Ojaide Poku

Contents

Preface

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

hé Wô Révôvéŝ Aôu à Vuŝ Evéy Yéà Çàô bé Nôà ôô ô é Nô é Çôô Çéŝé Bà hé Ré ô Tôôôw Wô àyŝ ô Rà A Sôw ô ôwé Môé Eà Séŝ Hé Çuŝg ôà Obàôô Çôôŝéŝ ô Aéà Kôô Wô Wà DÉjÀ vu Tôôôw ïŝ à Ré ïéŝàôŝ Gàôé Déày Négbôŝ Néé Açéŝôŝ ô Çzéŝ hé E ô é Wô hé Buŝéŝŝ ô é ï Çàéŝ Nô g é Néw A Bàbà à Néé Wé A Vàué Ou véŝ Nôvé ààéŝ hé Bg Sàé A éé Béyô My Exéçàô Wà héy Sà Oé ô Wô Sééŝ Wé héŝé Dàyŝ? ï Nôw Aéçàé Béé Oé éŝ

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32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71.

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A Sàçéŝ àyéŝ Tôôôw Aé Tôôôw Séàg Hyŝéà Tô Oé, Dŝà Eày Çôôqué Wàyŝ ô Dyg Sôçà Dŝàçg Tôôôw ô Oéŝ A Né Ové ïày Dô’ Bôé! hé Rôàŝ Aé Çéà hé M ô hŝ Séàŝô Wéŝŝ Hŝôy hé ïvŝbé Oé à àgé héy éàé é Eà ô ïŝ Çôg àég é Béàŝ ô SàçIçé Méà Téàôŝ Kéég Sàé Néw Çôuô hé Dàg Gàé Nàôw Eŝçàéŝ A Tàé ô Twô àéŝ Môg Çà éôà  à ÇôIé héé’ŝ Oé Néwŝ ô é Oé’ŝ Sàé hé éàué ô Çôv-19 Tà Exéçàôŝ Oé ô Sôué éŝŝôŝ ô Sé-ŝôàô Héàg Yôu Kéé Wàç Ové Uŝ ôôŝ Eàŝé Suày O Gô à Açàgéŝ Wé Aé A Çàŝuàéŝ Wé Sà Ovéçôé Sô Mày hgŝ Wé Çà Dô Wôu

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72. A Aéçà Sôôquy 73. ï Méôà 74. à à Tàŝééŝŝ 75. éŝ Çàŝuàéŝ 76. Nôbôy Kôwŝ 77. hé Eŝàgéé 78. Wé à Vuŝ ïŝ à béàô 79. Gôbà Vuŝ, Gôbà Réé 80. Sàé ô é Wô 81. Sàéy 82. Nôbôy Déŝ Aôé 83. A Sôé Té 84. hé Dày’ŝ Réô 85. Gàà’ŝ ïjuçô à Hà Çéuy Agô 86. hé àguàgé ô Çôv-19 87. A Sàgé Dŝéàŝé Tàéŝ Ové Kàô 88. Wé Sà Wé Méé Agà? 89. Aŝ ï Séé hgŝ 90. O Eà Dày 91. hé Và Réŝôvé 92. hŝ ïŝ Nô é Té ô Çéébàé Agé 93. Tôày’ŝ My Bày 94. hé Sàé Quéŝôŝ wôu Aŝwéŝ 95. Béquéà Mé hôŝé Béàuu Vuéŝ 96. Wé Kéw ï Wôu Çôé ô hŝ 97. A Tçŝé’ŝ Tàé 98. Wé Tôôôw ïŝ àà 99. Wé Eàç Dày Dàwŝ 100. éàg ô Suŝéŝ 101. uuŝç Wô 102. hŝ Çôôàvuŝ Sé 103. à Sôuô 104. Çôg W Çôv-19 105. ïéŝŝôŝ 106. Wég é Sé ô é Gôŝ 107. Tôôôw W BéçôéToday 108. hé àŝ Hàŝ Çôé ô Çéé Mé U 109. Yôu Nàôwy Mŝŝé é Çàŝuày ŝ 110. Séàŝôŝ ô Mgàô 111. hé ôçŝ ô Çôv-19

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