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Jimmy B. Smith
I hold a BA Honors degree from the University of Sierra Leone and has written Poetry since the age of Eight. With my long years of exposure to the genre and having read and meditated on works done ...view moreI hold a BA Honors degree from the University of Sierra Leone and has written Poetry since the age of Eight. With my long years of exposure to the genre and having read and meditated on works done by Shakespeare, Soyinka, Peters, Arnold, Armattoe, Angelou, Cheney-Coker and many more both past and present; I believe I'm more than ready to make a mark as the afore-mentioned kindred spirits did and continue to do.
With my strong mind and astute creative prowess, I have wowed my readers many times over and continue to do so in my hitherto unpublished state. This is my first foray into the world of publishing and I do feel I deserve it because its finally time my evocatively aesthetic pieces saw the light of day.
Poetry for me holds supreme sway as an unrivaled avenue for registering my thoughts; especially those with a strong irregular buzzing pattern. Poetry for me, is a release from the doldrums of oppressive or hyper-pleasuring sensations and as such the comfort that springs from it is a mighty chain-shattering welcome.
I'm in my mid twenties and live in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa where I work as a Radio broadcaster. I have a daughter, Mary, aged 5. I lived through the brutal decade-old conflict in my country; a situation which informs most of my poetry.view less