The Poet in the Poem

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by Yas Niger

PART THE MAN

  SOMEBODY’S FOOL

  SOUNDS OF LIFE

  SPORTS FOR PLAYERS

  STAIRS

  STILL IT IS LOVE

  STRENGTH OF A WOMAN

  STRONG

  SUICIDE

  SWEET

  SWIFT’S DAY AND BAT’S NIGHT

  SWINE

  T

  TALE

  TALE OF TWO PEOPLE

  TALL DREAM

  TAMING AS THE CONSCIENCE

  TEARS

  TEMPERAMENTS OF THE SEASONS

  TEMPESTUOUS TRANQUILITY

  TEMPTATION

  THAT OLD PAST

  THE CASE OF THE FIG TREE

  THE COLOURED SHEEP

  THE DOVE ON THE DISTANT OAK

  THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING

  THE EGG AND THE CHICKEN

  THE EPIC OF BAMAGUJE

  THE EVOLUTION OF EARTH

  THE FUNERAL OF ICE

  THE HEN’S ODD CHICK

  THE MASTER’S BILL

  THE OLD WOMAN’S MAID

  THE POET IN THE POEM

  THESE BLIND DEAF

  THESE CLICHÉS

  THE SENSES OF THE SEASONS

  THE SLEEPER

  THE SPOUSE OF SENTIMENTS

  THE WAR THAT WON A BATTLE

  THE WHORE

  THE WORLD IN A LITTLE ROOM

  THE WORLD OF FORGETFULNESS

  THIS FEAR OF JOY

  THIS QUEER ODE

  TIME CONCEPT

  TIT FOR TAT

  TODDLER

  TOMORROW

  TOO DARK FOR THE SUN

  TRUE

  TRUSTWORTHY

  TWO ADULTEROUS TWINS

  W

  WALLS OF CHINA

  WASTELAND

  WATERS

  WEAN

  WEIRD FEET

  WHAT DO YOU TELL A SON?

  WHAT EARTH SAID TO THE SUN

  WHAT LOVE

  WHERE’S MY WOMAN?

  WHISTLING PINES

  WHO IS THE PAGAN?

  WIDOWED DREAMS

  WILLS OF WISHES

  WILL YOU MARRY ME?

  WORDS

  WORDS IN WISDOM

  WORDS WITH DESTINY

  WORTHLESS

  WOULDN’T IT

  WOUNDS OF THE WORLD

  Y

  YOUNG AGAIN

  Z

  ZEBRA CROSSING

  ZOO KEEPERS

  About the work

  This is a collection of over 250 poems that altogether seeks to reflect man as both the poet and the actor who handles the helm of his own affairs, on a timed cruise, down his very own banked personal river. Using his abilities to compose and steer his poetic story, faring only as suitably as his capabilities and fate enables him.

  The essence of poetry is in its use of eloquent apt words to convey the poet’s exact thoughts, as they are felt or experienced them. Like it is the actor’s ability to apply specific skills to portray a scripted character reveals a story, it is likewise the poet's grant to create the content and set the beauty of the words.

  If the soul is scripted, if the mind can think, if the heart does feel and the body is specific; then every individual distinctively roams on a course throughout their lives that can be manipulated to fit their own different experience, but not actually change it. For the poet mans the helm, and the cruise is his composed poem.

  All Bible quotations from the New International Version (NIV) © International Bible Society.

  About the author

  Yas Niger is a Nigerian writer and poet with progressively traditional views. A trained educationist, activist and social media commentator who writes fictional works on contemporary African and world issues, advocating civilized virtues. With a preference for simple poetry and unconventional literary prose, he writes in a removed assertive manner, reflecting on everyday secular relationships.

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  Other titles by Yas Niger:

  STATE OF THE STATE

  ROMANCE OF THE REGIONS

  BREASTS OF DOOM

  WHAT DO YOU TELL A SON

  THE OLD WOMAN'S MAID

  STRENGTH OF A WOMAN

  GOOD FOR THE GOOSE

  EVEN ODDS

  THE WHORE

  BOKO HARAM

  EVERYONE HATES THE ENGLISH

  Heinrich Böll Stiftung Nigeria sponsored collaboration with seven other Nigerian writers: NAMELESS

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