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𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂 𝑰𝒔𝒉𝒒 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑬𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝑯𝒖𝒃𝒃) 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 (𝑰𝒃𝒂𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒕), 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝑼𝒏𝒔), 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒒𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕, 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 (𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕), 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏), 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕

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. ---

ᴀʟʟɪꜱᴏɴ'ꜱ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴜᴘꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴋɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ʙʏ ʜᴇʀ ᴀʙᴜꜱɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴏᴍ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʙᴜᴍᴘꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ᴏʟᴅ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴀʟʟɪꜱᴏɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋꜱ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅꜱ..ʜᴇʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴀ ᴛᴜʀɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ʙɪʟʟɪᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ. #¹ ⁻ᵇⁱˡˡⁱᵉᵉⁱˡⁱˢʰ ?! #¹⁵ ⁻ˢᵃᵈʳᵒᵐᵃⁿᶜᵉ #⁸ ⁻ˢᵘⁱᶜⁱᵈᵉᵖʳᵉᵛᵉⁿᵗⁱᵒⁿ

𝚃𝚘𝚗𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚔'𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚔. 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑. ➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶ 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜 #𝟺𝟹𝟹 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 [𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷] #𝟾𝟹𝟻 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 [𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷] #𝟽𝟹𝟹 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 [𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷]

A book filled with the thoughts and emotions of myself and for others that found it hard to express..

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Just because you different it doesn't make you a freak or a weirdo, being different makes you unique and importantly it makes you You. Promises were broken, By words left unspoken, Friendships clasped untied, By truth that are hidden in lies, Years of secret coded memories are taken away, By blood forces that bind yet led me astray.~ Dear friend Read on to find the entire poem. I take requests(because I love challenges) but the poem will still be mine:) I hope you enjoy my poems and these are rightfully mine so please don't steal. Thank you:)

ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴀɴ ʜᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ꜱᴏʀʀᴏᴡꜱ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ɴᴏᴛ; ᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ꜱᴀᴅ. - ʜᴇɴʀʏ ᴡᴀᴅꜱᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ʟᴏɴɢꜰᴇʟʟᴏᴡ Completed ✔️

A writer who has closed the pages of his heart from the world and hides behind his books. What happens when he meets a girl who is full of life and beauty. Will she able to make him find the true value and worth of life again? Will he open up his heart again? Title credit~ @Disha_Darsh Special thanks to @SourimaDas1 for helping me in this story. #1in spread love 17.11.2020 #1 in value 14.11.2020 #2 in value 09.11.2020 #3 in value 06.11.2020 #4 in value 14.10.2020 #5 in value 11.10.2020 #10 in value 10.10.2020