"Foolishly madam—by sitting down, has turned My bottom raven black—One moment madam!’—sensing Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap About my ears—‘Madam,’ I pleaded, ‘wouldn’t you rather See for yourself ?’"
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Telephone Conversation
Telephone Conversation(1963) by Wole Soyinka (“Telephone Conversation” is a lyric poem written by Nigerian poet/dramatist/novelist/activist Wole Soyinka. It was published in Modern Poetry in Africa in 1963. At this time, Soyinka had written and produced a multitude of plays, but this was one of his first published poems. It predominantly features dialogue and strong characterizations of the two people speaking, bringing to light themes of racism and power dynamics. Soyinka wrote the poem after N
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