Tag: stories
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Keep the roots of your approach!
Roots understand everything. Out of sight, Yet they see it all and never judge A beauty, An importance, None goes unnoticed. For roots hidden underground, Just drinking water When they can Coordinating behavior As they can If you could know all the ways they connect, If you could learn, the commitments they know, The cooperation…
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Keep being a child of dreams
You are draped in all colors of the sun. All the shades of blue skies. All the greens of leafy trees. You who loves a life that cannot be denied. We named you after God so you never forget your name, never forget that you can own beautiful heavens, powerful earth and brilliant stars. You…
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Keep your stories!
A womb tells the beginning of your story. Life forgets it’s continuity. Yet, if your stories, instead of theirs, your life, instead of their own. All your gains, instead of defeat. Your pain too, instead of deceit. If your lillies bloomed in any way. Your roses only registered thorns. Your days are as days. Your…
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Keep breathing again!
The plans for this year was light. I planned to walk through flames, to risk the fires that burn, even in the cold, just so I get to the forest of light within. That was the new year plan. In one week, I have been informed by the year that this one will be a…
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Keep grace upon grace in 2023!
Happy New Year. Something about this moment, This New Year again, Feels like a renewal A rebirth A time for reimagination Restoration Release Rest Remeberance Revival Resolve Revelations And Revaluations. Only, this time, I’m in a village, And the pleasing sounds of rare birds and cocks crowing, goats bleating alongside more bird sounds chorusing through…
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Keep blessings!
I saw a soft radiant sunset last evening. We were driving through an estate whose name when translated from Igbo to English means ‘blessings are great.’ Everything about out evening, from the setting sun, to our time at the estate, was full of grace, full of blessings. No wonder an Igbo man retires home the…
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Keep what God brings!
I knew there would be stares. I expected it. I knew many would never get his ways or ask questions about his tears. I didn’t realize they would stare, or laugh or drive us away. I also didn’t realize we would be shunned or pitied too as if to live with him is a deadly…
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Keep the heart of the World Cup!
The heart of soccer never changes. There will always be winner and losers. Just as the sun rises and sets. Some will rise and shine. While others will fall deep into abyss of regret only time can heal. I watched todays World Cup finale with glee. For once, the heart seemed to change. No clear…
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Keep Dolphin Estates!
Palm trees line greyed walls. Some still baring their fronds. Some bare. There were gates with barbed wires. Black, grey and brown gates with a dash of green and white. Most of the walls too were grey. The skies too grey. It was as if walls and skies gathered together for a grey purpose. We…
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Keep the unknown!
I fell deep into the unknown this past week. Everything was out of place. Even my face broke out in ways unknown. It was as if life was full of chaos and change, all spiraling out of control. I tried to relax, take things in stride but a life relaxed seemed like a luxury my…
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Keep your imaginations!
Imagination is crucial for life. I’m learning that every day. Imagination, that space between dreaming and thinking, between believing and daring, is a vital source of life. The prolific author, Achebe said if we starve it or pollute it, the quality of our life is depressed or soiled. The sterling writer, hooks noted that it…
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Keep dreams!
I have always loved Langston Hughes poem, ‘Dreams.’ They personify my mood these days. My story is one of dreams. I shared that during a presentation yesterday at NYU. I have this presentation where I go from dreams to ambition to dips and rising and back to dreams. It’s my take on the programmatic focus…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 