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Get to know my creative process.
Sound bites I write from a place of casual calm. I choose to access a picture that once called forth an emotion. I Call it in. I write what I see. I recall the experience. I write what I feel. … Continue reading
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Rule #8
In a series of three or more heartbreaks with a lover, occupy a hiatus to buffer between healing sessions, except the last. Thus transform your insight to include forgiveness. Pull a grip of copper coated revelations to clear a beautiful … Continue reading
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Get Rid of the World
poems by Iyeoka. I heard the choir sing.
It brought tears to my eyes.
The harmony showed me how
to get rid of the world.
Tomorrow I will smile for the camera.
I will light a thousand candles.
I will sing a million mantras
about surviving the heat of this fire
lifting all the stars inside me.
Tomorrow I will write another poem.
I will read another book to get
me believing in these moments
quick to switch on and off.
I will sing another song about
love, about God, about a stage
with a microphone waiting to
take me closer to home.
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Tagged African song writer, Iyeoka, Iyeoka poet, Nigerian writer, simply falling, TED FELLOW
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The Patient Sea of Fullfilment
An apron of life and wind lifts into the blue sky. A heart sinks untimely with a smile. Tears invade concrete between the fear of silence and relief of the truth. This is the distance of fulfillment taking possession in the tide … Continue reading
TIDES OF FULFILLMENT
FULFILLMENT COMES WITH THIS SOMETIMES. Continue reading
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I want to share my words with the world –Iyeoka
I want to share my words with the world –Iyeoka SOURCE: NATIONAL MIRROR TERH AGBEDEH 01/02/2012 00:36:00 With her mum, Dr. Okoawo Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo a.k.a. Iyeoka, was born in Boston, United States of America to Esan-speaking Nigerian parents from Edo … Continue reading
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Tagged Edo State, Esan, Iyeoka press, language preservation, National Mirror, Nigeria, Northeastern University, Pharmacy, TERH AGBEDEH
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PMAN Embraces Iyeoka With Say Yes
SATURDAY, 04 FEBRUARY 2012 00:00 BY MICHAEL ORIE SATURDAY MAGAZINE – WEEKEND BEATS SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN THE Performing Music Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has identified with the effort of award- winning poet, Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo. The drummer, songstress and poet, … Continue reading
TIME TO BECOME AGAIN
Because it doesn’t matter anymore. Because you once marveled me completely and the thoughts of you now stirs me angry. Maybe I could use a drink, vodka. But it is more likely that I’m going to keep working towards … Continue reading
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CHECK OUT THE LATEST YELLOW BRICK ROAD SONG VIDEO REMIX dir: Mike Gorenberg
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REBIRTH: Featured in video Iyeoka, Jane Fonda
Watch live streaming video from tedxwomen at livestream.com Lyrics For Literacy A written transcript of Ep.4 of When Women Were Drummers When Women Were Drummers Ep. 4 Presenting at TEDxWOMEN Session 3: REBIRTH Paley Center For Media, New York December … Continue reading
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