{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-poet-xi-november-2024-9781961498464","title":"The Year of the Poet XI November 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): The Poetry Posse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Inner Child Press, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Inner Child Press, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenowned Poets: Wole Soyinka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis month, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Poet \u003c\/i\u003efeatures the inspiration of Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian poet, who said, \"I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.\"\u003cbr\u003eEvery poet wakes up armed with their convictions, some of us do great and some are overcome by the challenges of the world but each morning we have a chance to start over with our convictions intact. We get to wake up to the world we dream of and work and write towards that. In the dark of night we can get discouraged but fortunately we have poets like Wole Soyinka to inspire us to yield and put our energy towards only that which feeds us and helps the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume of poetry is meant to pass along the inspiration we have received and share our ideas and dreams of a better world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are some lines quilted together from several of Wole Soyinka's poems in a short Cento: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConjure up a drawbridge\u003cbr\u003eof our desires, searing dark longings\u003cbr\u003ethe wall of prayer has taken refuge\u003cbr\u003eof shuttered windows, I know the heart.\u003cbr\u003ethe air will not deny you\u003cbr\u003enow roll your tongue in honey till your cheeks are\u003cbr\u003eSwarming honeycombs-your world needs sweetening, child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs poets we speak up for ourselves to shape our dreams, building and overflowing into the world around us. We also push back on what we see in our neighborhoods that is not right or not helpful. As Wole Soyinka has said, \"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay we write until all are free and then continue writing to celebrate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKimberly Burnham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eAwakenings, Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, A Daily Brain Health Program\u003c\/i\u003e https: \/\/amzn.to\/30hchpr\u003cbr\u003eSpokane, Washington\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Inner Child Press, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45545470099607,"sku":"9781961498464","price":1170.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781961498464.webp?v=1768583257","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-year-of-the-poet-xi-november-2024-9781961498464","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}