pickI‘ve been reading a poem or two a day from this anthology, and just finished it yesterday. If you‘re looking to expand your literary horizons to poetry or go beyond the western classics, give this collection a shot.
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This Sun on This Rubble by Dennis Brutus.
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A poem to start off the weekend — Moon in the Bucket by Gabriel Okara. During Nigeria‘s civil war, he was the first editor of the Nigerian Tide newspaper. His collected poems were published as The Fisherman‘s Invocation in 1978, and his only novel is titled The Voice.
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New word of the day: ACCIDENTALIZE
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Reorganizing my bookshelves led to rediscovering this wonderful anthology!
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The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry | 
