Nigeria's Leading Page Poet, Author, Lead Convener, Naija Poetry Fest.
Bush Radio by Godson Osarenren
Like the static crackle of a radio, the harsh realities of life in Africa can be heard in the cries of hungry children and the rumble of distant thunder. But amidst the noise, there are also whispers of hope, of resilience, and of the unbreakable spirit of a people who have weathered countless storms...
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Godson Osarenren is the author of "Bush Radio" (2023) and "The Broken Cross" (2013), a poet, seasoned teacher, blogger and a courageous voice for human rights and social justice. A French graduate from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma 2007, he represented The Nigerian French Village, Badagry at the Leopold Sedar Senghor centenary celebration at Lome, Togo, 2006.
He is Nigeria's leading page poet, a title he clinched in 2015 when he emerged as 'Best Page Poet' (Black Pride Magazine); a self-confessed confessionist poet with over 2,000 riveting poems to his name.
In this fraction of a whole
I wonder how else to tell the story from this shit hole....
The have not remain so;
Dispirited and divided in lack and want, a broken soul.…
I love those
Those I love
Gone for the greens
When this is green.…
In tragic magic, hanky panky
They work in sweat of self
Talk and walk us through hell .…
"Poetry is king, so crowned in my heart."
Though the sky is far off, no one has ever borrowed the wings of a bird"
"A lost African child, who will find you? Be African in thoughts and yet be global in views and expressions."
Godson Osarenren is the author of "Bush Radio" (2023) and "The Broken Cross" (2013), a poet, seasoned teacher, blogger and a courageous voice for human rights and social justice.
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