Kunle Okesipe
@ogunnian.bsky.social
Poet. Playwright. Author of Sometimes I Too Am a River
www.kunleokesipe.com
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Mbongeni Ngema, renowned South African playwright and creator of ‘Sarafina!’, dies at 68
Mbongeni Ngema, renowned South African playwright and creator of ‘Sarafina!’, dies at 68
The family of renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema said he has died in a car crash at the age of 68.
apnews.com
December 28, 2023 at 11:53 AM
Mbongeni Ngema, renowned South African playwright and creator of ‘Sarafina!’, dies at 68
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"Your future is a horror story written by your crimes," is such an absolute A+ literary line that you'd be forgiven for forgetting it comes from the Muppets.
December 25, 2023 at 4:39 AM
"Your future is a horror story written by your crimes," is such an absolute A+ literary line that you'd be forgiven for forgetting it comes from the Muppets.
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"Metaphor is instructive, tactical, and interactive; it succeeds when its audience sees it as both strange and true. We need metaphor to make the error that allows us to reach beyond ourselves."
-- Ann Townsend, A Mind for Metaphors
-- Ann Townsend, A Mind for Metaphors
December 12, 2023 at 2:51 PM
"Metaphor is instructive, tactical, and interactive; it succeeds when its audience sees it as both strange and true. We need metaphor to make the error that allows us to reach beyond ourselves."
-- Ann Townsend, A Mind for Metaphors
-- Ann Townsend, A Mind for Metaphors
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A Roman military diploma awarded in December AD 132 to Longinus Festius, when he was honourably discharged from the Roman Army after 25+ years service. It granted Festius (& his wife/children) full Roman citizenship & all the legal rights that came with it 🏺AncientBlueSky
December 14, 2023 at 7:23 PM
A Roman military diploma awarded in December AD 132 to Longinus Festius, when he was honourably discharged from the Roman Army after 25+ years service. It granted Festius (& his wife/children) full Roman citizenship & all the legal rights that came with it 🏺AncientBlueSky
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I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core
- WB Yeats
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core
- WB Yeats
November 19, 2024 at 5:05 PM
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core
- WB Yeats
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core
- WB Yeats
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Costa’s hummingbird 🤩🪶
November 20, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Costa’s hummingbird 🤩🪶