Category Archives: Poetry

Sissay Lemn (@sissaylemn) • Instagram photo

Posted on August 4, 2024 by agogo22
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“As long as light shines” by Lemn Sissay

Posted on June 7, 2024 by agogo22

  The poem “As long as light shines” is an original poem written by Lemn Sissay commissioned by the BBC. To watch D-Day 80 – Tribute to the Fallen in full, go to BBC iplayer. #DDay80 […]

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But We Had Music (The Universe In Verse, 2024 feat. Nick Cave)

Posted on May 2, 2024 by agogo22

How, knowing that even the universe is dying, do we bear our lives? The finitude and yet vastness of both our deeds and the cosmos through a fleeting moment of contemplation. “But We Had Music” is a poem written by … Continue reading →

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Sissay Lemn (@sissaylemn) | For new followers here is a riddle made by me…

Posted on April 21, 2024 by agogo22
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Sissay Lemn (@sissaylemn) • Instagram photo

Posted on April 15, 2024 by agogo22
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Sissay Lemn (@sissaylemn) | Shadows bow with lowered eyes…

Posted on April 12, 2024 by agogo22
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Sissay Lemn (@sissaylemn) 

Posted on April 7, 2024 by agogo22
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Speaking only in rhymes

Posted on March 12, 2024 by agogo22
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Sissay Lemn (@sissaylemn) | The sun is the overground train…

Posted on March 9, 2024 by agogo22
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African Stream | ‘HISTORY OR HIS STORY?’ – RAP PIONEER Many consider him the godfather of rap. Gil-Scott Heron left a permanent mark on poetry, music and culture at large 

Posted on March 2, 2024 by agogo22
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