Timileyin Amusan

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[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Timi has gone back to uni at Portsmouth and is bargaining with the horizon. He came to the UK from Nigeria when he was 15.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Tune in to BBC Oxford to hear Halema, Timi and Merzia.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Timi left Nigeria because government corruption destroyed his prospects and his daily life. He's 20.

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'Now I'm bald and lazy and twenty,/ageing in my room.' Timi on the losses of Lockdown.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Timi on the English weather again - he is still shocked and surprised .

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Timi came from Nigeria, and was shocked by the behaviour of English rain. In fact, he thought it should be arrested.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

@Timi_Amusan @Poetry_London @Timi_Amusan @malorieblackman just retweeted you! I know you will so be very proud. Thank you Malorie, you are huge inspiration to all my students, all of whom have read your books, often many times, and love them.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Timi @Timi_Amusan is in his second term at uni now: incredible when you think he came to the UK when he was 15 with basic English. He sent me this moving poem about the family he had to leave behind in Nigeria. You can read more in @Poetry_London

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

'I’m scared that things I fear where I came from, I no longer fear,
Now I fear new things that are not scary.
And that scares me.'
Timi just sent me a new poem about learning to live with kindness. He's 19 and from Nigeria.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

End of decade thread for Timi, @Timi_Amusan . In 2010 Timi was growing up in Nigeria, but his parents were both working in the UK. So he was fostered, without a permanent home.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Even though @Timi_Amusan left school and is at uni now, but I still get emails headed 'Timi poem'. This one took my breath away. Timi's 19 and from Nigeria.

[OxfordSpiresAcademy @OxfordSpiresAc]

Our amazing Timi (@Timi_Amusan), City Poet for #NationalPoetryDay2019 showing how very talented he is! We wish him every success as he moves to @portsmouthuni

[Timileyin Amusan @Timi_Amusan]

The best thing that happened to me this year. Thank you @KateClanchy1 @BBCOxford and most especially thank you OXFORD🙏🏾

[BBC Oxfordshire @BBCOxford]

It's #NationalPoetryDay, so we asked @Timi_Amusan to write a poem for #Oxford and the result is stunning! ❤️

#poetry #BBCLocalPoets #Oxfordshire

[Timileyin Amusan @Timi_Amusan]

@KateClanchy1 Yeah

[Timileyin Amusan @Timi_Amusan]

Thank you @KateClanchy1

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Happy #NationalPoetryDay ! So proud of my student @Timi_Amusan who is #bbclocalpoets for Oxford. Hear him on @BBCOxford read the rest of this moving poem.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Happy #NationalPoetryDay ! So proud of my student @Timi_Amusan who is #bbclocalpoets for Oxford. Hear him on @BBCOxford read the rest of this moving poem.

[National Poetry Day @PoetryDayUK]

If you're lucky enough to have one of our 13 wonderful #BBCLocalPoets writing a truthful poem about where you live for #nationalpoetryday why not RT and share the news!

Here's @Timi_Amusan @BBCOxford #Oxford

[Timileyin Amusan @Timi_Amusan]

@tamsincottis @KateClanchy1 I will, thank you

[Timileyin Amusan @Timi_Amusan]

@MarkGeographer @KateClanchy1 Thank you