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Category: Poet’s Corner

Empty Rooms |Tolu’ A. Akinyemi|Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • May 23, 2021
  • Poet's Corner
My family house is a house of flying daggers, of rivalries and bitter wars that eat deep, scarring every memory. Some say blood is thicker than water. Turn it on its head...
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Two Poems |Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

  • tolutoludo
  • April 15, 2021
  • Poet's Corner
F*ck – F*cking 2020 How do we scrub 2020 from our history books? How do we fuck it off as a one-off? The labels have left us weary, pandemic torn and broken....
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One Good Man Short |Tolu’ A. Akinyemi|Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • April 14, 2021
  • Poet's Corner
The memories are not faint –  our larger-than-life father whose kindness spreads like river sand has crossed to the other side. Father. Hero. Grandfather.  The epitome of love whose life shines brighter...
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At my Death|Tolu’ A. Akinyemi|Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • August 9, 2020
  • Poet's Corner
Do not shed false tears at my death, do away with your solemnity of hypocrisy. I came as a lonely stranger to unfamiliar terrains draped in unbridled innocence. This body, this spirit,...
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Broken Piece | Tolu’ Akinyemi | Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • July 25, 2020
  • Poet's Corner
Our Love could have been as clear as spring water But her fountain had been polluted by streams of hate. This could have been paradise but I spend my days in regret...
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A Miracle & Song of Songs | Samuel Ajani | Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • June 14, 2020
  • For the Culture
{A MIRACLE} I’ve seen a golden pheasant, Flying around in its colorful splendor, Spreading its wing With every single feather glowing. I’ve seen a gazania, In brilliant shades Of orange and yellow,...
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Pangs of Sorrow | Tolu’ Akinyemi | Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • June 13, 2020
  • Poet's Corner
Adeoti’s lifeless body, laid still like an effigy.‬ ‪The cries from the depth of his soul reverberated the atmosphere.‬ ‪The dreary sky wore the colour of intense grief: Burning red.‬ ‪He can...
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In conversation with leading African Voice—Dami Ajayi, the Poet and Medical Doctor taking African Literature to greater heights.

  • tolutoludo
  • May 3, 2020
  • Author Interview
Bio: Dami Ajayi studied Medicine and Surgery at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he co-founded Saraba literary magazine. His first volume of poems, Clinical Blues, longlisted for the Erbacce Poetry Prize,...
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COVID TOO | Oloyede Michael Taiwo | Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • April 14, 2020
  • Poet's Corner
THE SKIES HAD A FALLEN COUNTENANCE TODAY TOO. HIS BIRDS GOT ENTANGLED IN THE CRUSHING SNARE OF THE CROOKED FOWLER TOO. THE HEN DID NOT COME HOME TO ROOST TODAY TOO. HIS...
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The Lion met Luckins | Tolu’ Akinyemi | Poetry

  • tolutoludo
  • April 12, 2020
  • Poet's Corner
I once looked beaten. Damn! I was thrice lucky. Serve me three apples for breakfast and some snakes for dinner. A life of iffiness was lurking. Until the Lion met Luckins! The...
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Renowned African Writer appointed as a columnist for 2022 in Malimbe Magazine 
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About me

Tolu’ A. Akinyemi (also known as Tolutoludo & Lion of Newcastle) is a multi-award-winning author in the genre of poetry, short stories, children’s literature, and essays.

Tolu’ has been endorsed by the Arts Council England as a writer of “exceptional talent.”

He is a co-founder of Lion and Lilac, a UK-based arts organisation, and sits on the board of many organisations.

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Tolu’ A. Akinyemi Dead Cats Don’t Meow Newcastle Book Launch @ The Lit & Phil

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