As the globe marks WorldPoetryDay, we asked members of the Guardian Digital team to pen poems. What we got ranged from the serious to the hilarious. theabisola DennisErezi SolomonFowowe timi_omi WorldPoetryDay2019 Nigeria Poetry
It was Williams Wordsworth, one of the finest Romantic poets, that gave poetry one of its most popular definitions.
Poetry is “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity,” the pastoral poet wrote in the preface to hisWhile that definition may not capture all that poetry is, it is true that the literary genre is often used to express “powerful feelings” and its ability to do this is even rooted in oral tradition.
“Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures,” the United Nation wrote to mark the occasion of 2019 World Poetry Day. To mark the day, we asked members of the Guardian Digital team to pen poems. The entries ranged from the serious to the one with a hilarious title.All I wanted to do was to go homeBut the sight of him disturbs meI want to end it allI should have listened to Mamawas it me that unleashed the devil in him with my eyes?I never meant to hurt him but I ache
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