Letter Sealed with a Rose by Shola Balogun 2019-09-27
The graceful melodyof your voice is as sweetAs the symphonyIn Mozart’s concertos,And delighting indeedThan the notes of Beethoven. In your smiles,mama,Is the aroma of new wine
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Wipe your Tears by Shola Balogun 2021-11-27
Child, let your eyelids gleamLike a thousand suns.Let your smiles radiateLike the starsIn the sky at night. The comeliness of your voiceIs more gracefulThan the nightingale’s song. Wipe your tears,my lovely one,There is alwaysA new dawn tomorrow.
Bethlehem Songs by Shola Balogun 2016-12-26
In the silent and cold nights,When the stars throngIn twinkling lightsAcross the distant brooks,A lone Shepherd’s gleeful looksTell the memory of Bethlehem songAnd the undying themesIn the immortal hymns.
Poetry of Your Eyes by Shola Balogun 2020-10-18
Your name is likeA Shakespearean sonnet,Sweet, beautifully composed. Your smiles add rarest coloursInto my rainbow. I think of your sublime form,And of the poetry of your eyes
‘In Jerusalem’ By The Mystic Poet SIAM by Shola Balogun 2016-11-30
A mystic poet is one not only with a higher level of creative talent but also one whose spiritual vision presents both a distinct form of language and prophetic minstry, comprising love poems with revolutionary themes and protest. Mystical poetry experience,with all its stunning imageries, finds a deeper interpretation and dimension in SIAM. The poem, … More ‘In Jerusalem’ By The Mystic Poet SIAM by Shola Balogun 2016-11-30
Nok Figurine by Shola Balogun 2021-03-30
The ocean in your eyes,In its depth,moves me. Your smiles like the juiceOf Marula,and the beautyOf your carved lips do enchant me,To mime the most vastDeluge of songs,captivatingFrom Bantuland to Chelsea. From Mombasa to Singapore, You’re the ancient antiquity, Priceless like Benin bronzeWhose startling mythsDepict my soul
Satire and Comic Ribaldry in a Traditional African Theatre by Shola Balogun 2016-11-11
The interplay of satire and comic ribaldry as a specified art of the traditional Yoruba gelede theatre and its aesthetic framework within postcolonial African experience can be interrogated as a provenance to the place of folktheatre in contemporary theatre arts theory and criticism. In the traditional Yoruba gelede theatre,hybridity of rhetorical discourses,festival songs and dances,is … More Satire and Comic Ribaldry in a Traditional African Theatre by Shola Balogun 2016-11-11
To a Friend Who Died in the Swamp by Shola Balogun 2021-05-09
Rivers meet in my eyes for you.Transfixed on the veiled Mound of the swamp, Lone Beholder of unsteady opera On rotten marble, You saw the reeds dancing To unknown winding plight, Smothering storms broken At your feet. Doors of the earth swung Into the dark footage of the waters As they took you in.The river … More To a Friend Who Died in the Swamp by Shola Balogun 2021-05-09
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