Great words.
Derek Walcott and Paul Muldoon are still the ones I read
most. I have since discovered Ian Duhig, Rachel Boast, Joel Toledo, Gen Asenjo,
Gihan Omar, Rethabile Masilo, Lisa Combrinck, Chiedu Ezeanah, Niran Okewole,
Biyi Olusolape, Michelle McGrane, Gebinyo Ogbowei and Amatoritsero Ede. There
is a special poet who takes an opposite approach to my own who I really admire,
Afam Akeh. Indeed, I couldn’t resist taking an epigraph for my own work from
him. What Afam Akeh writes largely captures my conception of poetry. It is a
form of mastery that is rendered with simplicity. It is really the height of
sophistication, when you come to think of it.
Derek
Walcott and Paul Muldoon are still the ones I read most. I have since
discovered Ian Duhig, Rachel Boast, Joel Toledo, Gen Asenjo, Gihan Omar,
Rethabile Masilo, Lisa Combrinck, Chiedu Ezeanah, Niran Okewole, Biyi
Olusolape, Michelle McGrane, Gebinyo Ogbowei and Amatoritsero Ede. There
is a special poet who takes an opposite approach to my own who I really
admire, Afam Akeh. Indeed, I couldn’t resist taking an epigraph for my
own work from him. What Afam Akeh writes largely captures my conception
of poetry. It is a form of mastery that is rendered with simplicity. It
is really the height of sophistication, when you come to think of it. -
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