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Now, who was it said our country lacks the fertile soil to produce sweet innocent flowers? Let him come and view these sprigs to the garland we have gathered in one spot, all of them undefiled still by bird or wind.

— John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo Ozidi (1966)

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The night has a thousand sirens, and if the master will not answer their calls, why should not the servants?

Ozidi (1966)

Hunger has no hold on you, you said, as if hunger with death are no longer twin rulers of the world. Tell me, does Your stomach ache?

Ozidi (1966)

"An unplanted seed in the womb is a burden to the earth, a weeping cloud that refuses to fall."

Song of a Goat (1961)

Ibadan,
running splash of rust and gold—
flung and scattered
among seven hills like broken
china in the sun.

Ibadan (1965)

"Coming and going these several seasons,
Do stay out on the baobab tree,
Follow where you please your kindred spirits."

Abiku (1962)

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