BUSAYO A.

BUSAYO

Jul 29, 20226 min read

TRAVEL; A Trip to Idanre Hills

Is that longing ever even satisfied in us? When we go back to a place we feel at home in, is that longing ever really quenched, or just quie

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BUSAYO

Jul 5, 20223 min read

TODAY IS

I have a bit of a story time for today’s blog piece. There is a poem I tried to write about two years ago. When the idea came to me, it...

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Jun 14, 20225 min read

Our Blog-anniversary!

… for once [or for a change], I am here to report joy.

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BUSAYO

May 12, 20227 min read

Into The Sun...

But the most precious thing that album gave me was a safe harbor on some of the hardest days of my life. I am not sure why...

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BUSAYO

Apr 18, 20226 min read

It's Alright

I am writing to you on a serene morning of Easter Weekend. It is mostly quiet, an hour or so after sunrise and a quiet drizzle plays over...

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BUSAYO

Feb 27, 20225 min read

Lessons On Movement

I finished my ice-cream that random afternoon, dusted off the crumbs from the pastry I had bought with it, and left the restaurant.

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Feb 4, 20226 min read

Writing [Not Writing] POETRY

I think the reason why those poems helped is very obvious; they show us that we are not alone.

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Jan 20, 20225 min read

The Purpose Of Being

We scrounge around trying different things, or the same thing over and over again and find no rhyme to this world very often.

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Dec 29, 20213 min read

A [post] Christmas List

But really, with this, I am only stopping by, as it were, to give you something to fix you into this moment, get you to pause and remind you

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Dec 15, 20217 min read

RECOVERY: A Year In Review

I think about this quote that summarizes things; some years ask questions, others answer them. Maybe this was one of the years that answer

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BUSAYO

Nov 24, 202111 min read

Friendly Ghosts

The second night, there were fewer streetlamps, and more mountains. I knew I was getting closer to home.

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Nov 17, 20216 min read

The Cycle of Truth

Ideas are what civilizations are built on in the end. But what ideas matter? Which ones lead us towards better?

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BUSAYO

Oct 31, 20215 min read

The Art Of Comedy

What is proper art? And how can we work to consider joy within art as worthwhile, as necessary?

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Oct 13, 20216 min read

The Politics Of Freedom

And now, I think about this painting, of this woman sitting in a chair, likely in her house, pre-occupied in the easy brightness of her own.

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BUSAYO

Sep 22, 20216 min read

ON BEAUTY

There are many things that we consider as beautiful that do not take on any specific shape, or colour or form.

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BUSAYO

Sep 8, 20212 min read

Poems; fruit and a bird

Some soft, gentle poems for you. Enjoy {Big love} King Durian A poem fell into my lap. And I cut it up wrong Like durian fruit. Into...

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BUSAYO

Aug 25, 20217 min read

Music is A Map

And like the song that plays through the radio on a very long car ride, or like the ones I listened to through earphones on that walk, music

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BUSAYO

Aug 11, 20215 min read

The Place of Poetry

WHAT IS POETRY? I think that a lot has been said about what poetry is, about what it can be. Then of course, there is the actual...

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BUSAYO

Jun 14, 20213 min read

Hello there

And welcome to my blog All things being equal, this blog will be about the work that I create. Mostly. For years now, I've wanted to have...

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BUSAYO

Feb 29, 20206 min read

What the trees said, to me

A long while ago, I sent out a story and it got published on Arts and Africa. It was a good story, I thought so and I enjoyed writing it....

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