National Poetry Month

my second year of college. I took a creative writing course, and in most of the assignments, you would pick a genre of choice. The choices were poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and drama, I, of course, would always wrote over 300 poems in the first six months. With creative writing being my introduction, I was introduced to free verse. Which positionally changed my life. With free verse, you get to write any style anyway but with the structure. It became my favorite style. To keep my skill sharp, I still write following other forms free verse is just my personal favorite. While in college I was introduced to many amazing African American poets such as Nikki Giovanni, Gwendolyn Brooks, Phillis Wheatley, Audre Lorde and so many more. I learned that the depth you go in poetry represents the depths you’ll go in life. reader to feel. We are rappers without a beat. Spoken word on paper. That’s why I love poetry so much I get to release, share, and connect with so many people, as well as being exactly who I am and never have to know them personally.

Today I believe I have over 2000 written poems and over 300 written on my laptop. I came out with a poetry book in May of 2020, and I have a website www.anuoluwapobamiro.com where you can catch my new poems, I drop them every 2 weeks. So, one can say I picked poetry back up and never put it down.

And for people who know the struggle of being patient this is for you

Patience, patience, patience

These days seem so long.

Yet the years fly by choose to complete my assignments using poetry. After that, I changed my major to Africana Studies with a focus on writing. I began to write poetry from that moment on. I began to perform any chance I could get at school. I also

To me, poetry does so many things. It can be a diary or could be your way of rewriting tragic life events and making them seem beautiful. Poetry to me is what paint is to a canvas. We need each other, the words and paper can evoke emotions that the reader can feel very connected to without ever knowing what they are going through. Being a Poet, I feel like we have the honor of truly understanding words and using them to our advantage. We don’t necessarily have to use proper language or punctuation our main job is to get the

Patience, patience, patience

Everything you dream of will come true.

The timing is perfect.

Patience, patience, patience

Know you the bomb and God will never forsake you.

Patience, patience, patience

You’ve seen what rushing does.

So slow down and enjoy the Divine pace.

If you would like to keep up with me and my work, you can follow me on Instagram @anuoluwapobamiro and my poetry on Instagram @ anuoluwrites.