If you're into classical poetry and you think you've "read them all heard them all",well,think again 'cos nothing in this world has ever prepared you for this "new generation word warrior"...his words are his weapons,armour and shield...he writes,speaks and spits...he is "word trinity". Razaq Afolabi aka REZDAPOET is a Nigerian born poet/songwriter,he's written over 80 poems/poetry and can be compared to the likes of williams wordsworth,etheridge knight,most def,talib kweli...all rolled up in one.he practices both written and spoken word poetry and has performed in numerous occasions across nigeria and india.I was priviledged †o meet with this gentleman a few times,and I must tell you his words got the strenght of both fire and water...it comes straight at you blazing,but then it gets †o you soothing...sweeping you off your feet,and taking you †o a place only he knows,only he wants.Below is an excerpt from ABOVE THE CLOUDS,one of his newest...
Above the clouds,Boundaries divorce freedom As puffs of white become prisms Shapelessly moulding the daylight That flap on the wings of dreams.Rays take leaps only in feet by height As the iron bird, wriggles through tђe white
Of ghosts
Of smokes
Or of souls
That, nobody knows...
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i have seen him before
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