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Romeo Oriogun Quotes

Nigeria

Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet, essayist and winner of the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature.

Nigeria
Poets

Random Romeo Oriogun quote

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"Sometimes this is the price I pay for writing but it is better than keeping quiet."

"I'm always looking for that tender moment in a poem, that moment that always surprises you."

"I think poetry comes from a place of truth."

"Still we are humans first; it is the only identity that should matter."

"Each poem I write is a door into another."

"I am Queer, I am Nigerian. I do not have the luxury of forgetting my identity."

"The poet is a witness; he writes about these events and memories as a way of saying we shouldn't forget that there was a time certain things happened."

"When I'm writing a poem I'm asking myself, at what moment do I realize that what I'm writing is not just history, but something I also carry within me."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Romeo Oriogun (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.