Monday 27 July 2015

Ibadan by J. P. Clark

Ibadan

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

J. P. Clark

John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo was born on 6th April,1935. He is a Nigerian poet and playwright. He has written and published numerous poems and plays, some of his most popular works are Abiku (poetry) and Song of a Goat (a play).

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4 comments:

  1. Dayo Emmanuel13 October 2020 at 09:13

    Adieu papa J.P. Clark. You came, you saw, you wrote, you conquered.

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  2. Unknown19 October 2020 at 23:39

    Adieu great Africa Poet Rest in JP Clerk

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  3. Etim Emmanuel Uwe23 November 2020 at 07:57

    Rest Well sir... Papyrus of bleeding ink

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  4. Anonymous16 December 2022 at 02:46

    i love j.p.clark poem cause it is so easy to understand

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