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I am a Nigerian Creative Writer and Performing artist with skills ranging from storytelling to sound production. I believe that conscious storytelling can influence the world, one person at a time. I am freelancer, working with organizations and individuals to articulate technical ideas in the most fun, rhythmic and musical way; writing poetry, songs, scripts or producing sound. I have a growing music catalogue on streaming sites and an impressive number of spoken word videos on YouTube.

  December 2023     7 days ago

Submitted Poems 9 total

Robotics

I am a slow learner, I know,
In such a fast paced world,
I sit wondering if I’ve got any hope,
For I always take time to learn the ropes.

They say; work smart and think fast,
Or robots would one day take your place.
I want to ask them...

– by Ruth Mahogany

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added 2 months ago
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It comes

It comes as a knowing
Tiptoes towards you in stealth
With or without your consent
Climbs to your chest, and sits there;
Like an uncomfortable feeling
Of a just gulped down large fufu ball
Only this time, you have swallowed a compass

It...

– by Ruth Mahogany Utsu

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added 4 months ago
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To Each A Win

You wish you could morph into the wind,
And flee from the grip of life's routine,
You stare at the birds with a tinge of envy,
Something in us wants to be free.

Is it the character of our souls?
Is it the nature of our spirits?
Why does...

– by Ruth Mahogany

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added 6 months ago
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Everybody's Road

It is given to every one with able feet
The gift of walking
The gift of sight to the ones with eyes,
Vision, to the intuitive and willing mind,
The one who searches is gifted a find.

It is given, not to a few,
But to all, an inner treasure...

– by Ruth Mahogany Utsu

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added 7 months ago
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As If Children Were Out of Fashion

As if children send us a message before they are conceived and born,
With words so eloquently formed,
Beseeching "I want to born, I want to be born"
Stating in clear terms that this world is a place for which they long.
As if they are not first...

– by Ruth Mahogany Utsu

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added 10 months ago
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Epiphany felt

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Hope, gives strength to a tired worker. Hope is a strange thing.

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Hope. Waiting for the hand to pick our broken pieces from the shore. Beautiful. Many days that hand is us.

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This is so good. I envisaged the image, the mud wondering where the sun is during winter awaiting spring so it can melt and be free. Wonderful.

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Great poem on Christmas...

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In my heart there is a seed, that longs for spring to come

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Souls are sold as government collateral.
Loose change becomes invalid.

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I will love to read this poem... Nice title

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I throw some dreams above my head to see just how they feel.

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Well, I guess some days the writer is cursed with hope. That as long as they live, something can turn round and work good for them. Who knows?

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Words are indeed a powerful tool to paint ideas in our minds, speak for the helpless and heal the world.

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Age is a number, but it’s more than that, it’s a label we wear - as ostentatious as a hat.

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I particularly love the analogy of life being a dream to which we wake up to.

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Time moves on as steady as the tide

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Anger and a volcano

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