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Ayokunle Falomo

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Walt Whitman, E. E. Cummings, William Carlos Williams

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Ayokunle Falomo is a/an: Nigerian. poet - whose pen is a shovel to unearth those things that make us human. lover : of almonds. the color blue. hymns. grapes. conversations. and turkey bacon. TEDx speaker. author of the collection of poems titled "thread, this wordweaver must!". enjoys walking. and talking to himself. which he does...a lot. American. ...more

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Ayokunle Falomo I did an interview recently with Myne Whitman, and this is what I had to say: "In the opening poem of “thread, this wordweaver must!â€�, I mention that …m´Ç°ù±ðI did an interview recently with Myne Whitman, and this is what I had to say: "In the opening poem of “thread, this wordweaver must!â€�, I mention that I write to stay alive. There's a need to leave something of myself here. I'm also a very forgetful person and usually, writing is a way for me to be remind myself of the things that matter to me. Stories matter to me, and so I tell them."

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Ayokunle Falomo " I’ve always had a fascination with stories, and quite recently the desire to learn more about what it means to be human drove me to write poems to a…m´Ç°ù±ð" I’ve always had a fascination with stories, and quite recently the desire to learn more about what it means to be human drove me to write poems to answer the question. I was working on a collection last year to that effect but it eventually morphed into something similar yet somewhat different, and this is how this published collection came about. This, I feel, is the right time to contribute to the conversation that’s happening worldwide about whose story is worth listening to. Everyone wants their story to be shared, to be heard, and this is my way of saying that your thread (be it yellow, or red) is worthy of addition to this tapestry of what we call humanity."

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“Don't be afraid to let your heart beat strong and loud in a room full of silence. Your heart beats for a reason, woman!”
Ayokunle Falomo, thread, this wordweaver must!

“When they gaze in confusion
at the broken, odd shaped, colorful
shards of glass that we are,

let them know

that we too belong here, here
in this gallery. Masterpieces,
we are not

here by accident

but have been carefully assembled
and put together and are held together
in this ceramic panel - our bodies of clay -
by good intentions.

We too are works of art.”
Ayokunle Falomo, thread, this wordweaver must!

“It takes as much time to build walls sturdy enough for wallflowers like you and me to lean against as it does for us to bloom.”
Ayokunle Falomo, thread, this wordweaver must!

“Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”
Paulo Coelho

“You are what you believe yourself to be.”
Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”
Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves




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