Ridwan Fasasi
@Ibn_Yushau44
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Nigerian. Writer. Editor. SWAN I @thepoeticswans. EIC, @voaliterature, @poetryclubudus. Reader, @anomalouspress. Pushcart Prize Nominee. BotN. Art Curator.
Sokoto, Nigeria
Joined June 2022
Following the prompt of @adedayoagarau: Notes on Joy without mentioning "Joy", Ridwan Fasasi.
Poetry Prompt—Day 7. In how many ways can we write about joy? What is joy? How does the poet write about joy? Spend today writing a poem that tells you what joy is, what it could be, what it could look like. An abecedarian (A—J), 10 lines. Share, retweet, quote with your poem.
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Thank you sir. I am really happy with this. Can't express what this would mean to me. Thank you sir for all you do!
@Ibn_Yushau44 If anything, I'd love to work with you on your body of work when the time allows. You are hard-working and I love love love hard-working writers. I'll send you my WhatsApp number. We should stay in touch.
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@Ibn_Yushau44 If anything, I'd love to work with you on your body of work when the time allows. You are hard-working and I love love love hard-working writers. I'll send you my WhatsApp number. We should stay in touch.
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Hello @PhyroKelstein, I have selected your poem for Day 6. Our anonymous judge couldn't read through. I enjoyed this one because it feels so close to a personal experience. Well done.
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"Tonight, he will hold onto this innocence of song..."
Poetry Prompt—Day 7. In how many ways can we write about joy? What is joy? How does the poet write about joy? Spend today writing a poem that tells you what joy is, what it could be, what it could look like. An abecedarian (A—J), 10 lines. Share, retweet, quote with your poem.
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Day 7
Poetry Prompt—Day 7. In how many ways can we write about joy? What is joy? How does the poet write about joy? Spend today writing a poem that tells you what joy is, what it could be, what it could look like. An abecedarian (A—J), 10 lines. Share, retweet, quote with your poem.
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Congratulations @FJChaka, our anonymous judge selected your poem as the winner of day 5. This is such a stunning poem. Such a stunning, stunning poem. Please send me your bank details.
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Following the prompt of @adedayoagarau: Of Dreams & Logic, Ridwan Fasasi
Poetry Prompt—Day 6. When was the last time you dreamt? Write a prose poem describing a dream you had. Make it dramatic with heightened sensory language. Use strong verbs like shattered, consumed, dissolved. Embrace surreal imagery and let dream logic take over.
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Poetry Prompt—Day 6. When was the last time you dreamt? Write a prose poem describing a dream you had. Make it dramatic with heightened sensory language. Use strong verbs like shattered, consumed, dissolved. Embrace surreal imagery and let dream logic take over.
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Gentlemen, I've got space for up to 100 guests on Zoom for the virtual book launch. Saturday November 15th at 19:00hrs GMT. RSVP- ellaswriting@mail.com Friends & families welcome @Bukaty33612 @Garricologist @onyemazua7735 @Ibn_Yushau44
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@Ibn_Yushau44, our anonymous judge selected your work for yesterday’s prompt. Please send me your bank details. Congratulations.
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Now, go read my poem on @trampset.
"A boy proposes his love to his lover. Somewhere else, a wife proposes her agony to her husband." @Ibn_Yushau44's "Simultaneous Events" https://t.co/McFv44yot9
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Following the prompt of @adedayoagarau: Dear L, Ridwan Fasasi
Prompt—Day 5. The art of love poetry is dying. Write a love poem to someone. In the poem, you must forgive yourself. You must forgive them too. Constraint: no words like birds, sky, house, mother. Use caesuras. $10.
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"Lord, I know where the wounds quiver......// I know the loneliness of the world, the fate of watching each day depart without the beloved alive" —Elegy, @rasaq_malik Such a way to interrogate the longing the dead leaves behind! Check in: https://t.co/D1qdfNJGtF
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Congrats to Nigerian Poet Fasasi Ridwan (@Ibn_Yushau44) who won Outstanding Speculative Poetry for “Reliving: Post Trauma of the Lekki Tollgate Massacre.” Read it here: https://t.co/cCvyQmlu0X
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Brilliant poem from @Ibn_Yushau44.
One of my favorite poem was recently published on @trampset. Read through the link: https://t.co/R3gVRWBA8m Do have a good read. Share. Comment.
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Thank you sir, it's all thanks to the grace of you and the others in the PCU family that groomed me.
@Ibn_Yushau44 writes like he has been writing for 200 years. A swift and thorough poet.
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