Life in Rhyme

Life in Rhyme

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This book of poetry speaks to the heart and mind. And questions might fill your head like, 'Have you ever given any thought to what real like through poetry?' Or," What can poetry do to make the world a little better?' You may then find a few poems that relate to you on a powerful and personal level. Life is like a merry-go-round. Some days are and some days are down. But one thing is for sure, the world needs a little bit of reality that you are not alone in the world, that there is always at least one person on this planet that will help you through your struggles like depression, anxiety, physical dislikes about yourself, and others not mentioned. Hopefully this book will help people see that they are not alone.
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Shakespeare's *Macbeth* was in my syllabus when I was in secondary school. But *Macbeth* was just an appetiser, for I went on to get the complete works of his. It was as I was reading his sonnets that I tried to mimic his 14-line poems-and the rest is history. I did not simply read Shakespeare; I encountered him. In my "mimicking" of his sonnets, I learnt that a word could be stretched from its primary meaning to other "shades" of meaning. Poetry to me is like a pilgrimage, a path of mystery, a ritual that can transport the poet from where he is to where the subject of his writing is, where he achieves a lived experience. I deliberately chose a rhyming scheme of **AABB CDCD EEFF GG**, with which I wish to import an African voice into the sacred art of sonnet writing. ✨ *OnukaoguOkechi83 is a winner of the Shortys 2025. ANNOUNCEMENT: I update my ongoing collection, Things Kilimanjaro Saw, every Friday by 8 pm. ---

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