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"Poetry is a way of preserving memory against the erosion of time. It keeps alive what history often forgets."

— Nnorom Azuonye

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"The Nigerian writer today has more opportunities than ever before, but must also work harder to be heard above the noise."

"African literature continues to thrive because it is rooted in stories that refuse to die."

"I believe that every genuine poem begins in wonder and ends in discovery."

"Literature builds bridges across cultures; it reminds us that our humanity is larger than our differences."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature (1836)

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919)

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity...but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

George Chapman Ovid's Banquet of Sense (1595)

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

Michael Faraday

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