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©️ ChrisDuke
Week 31/50
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NOTES ON BLANK PAGE

Only the patient eye finds the ink.
Only the one who dines with wisdom
can taste what the silence is saying.

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@Nifaaaarr @Toluzeey Happy birthday.... more glorious years ahead

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Week 23/50
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The Kreativ Way

The path that looks strange to ordinary eyes…
is often the road a creative soul understands.

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Week 21/50
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We Are Still Becoming

The truth?

Our growth has been slow.
Too many dreams have been delayed by corruption,
by division,
by the daily struggle to survive.

#spokenword

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#InkblotSanctum

Oh Slumbering Mother!

Some silence is not peace.
It is neglect.

When the earth starts bleeding…
it is already too late for comfort.

What are we refusing to wake up to?

#Poetry #SpokenWord #AfricanPoetry #Writing

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Daughters of the soil do not bloom. They remember how to rise.

Golden dawn on skin. Silver dusk in eyes.
Hips speaking in languages the earth never forgot.

Beauty that does not ask to be seen.

#InkblotSanctum #Poetry #AfricanPoetry #SpokenWord

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#InkblotSanctum

Yield To Mother’s Drum 🥁

Some rhythms do not entertain.
They remember you.

#AfricanPoetry #SpokenWord #Poetry

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Why do you wanna do drugs?

[Drug Free Project @drugfreeproject]

1,500 voices.
1,500 hearts committed to protecting lives.
1,500 people choosing purpose over pressure, awareness over silence, and hope over drugs.

This is more than a number to us, it is a movement. A family. A generation refusing to stay quiet while lives are destroyed by substance abuse.

To every volunteer who has shown up, spoken up, sacrificed time, energy and comfort for this cause: thank you for believing in a drug-free future.

The mission continues, and this is only the beginning. ❤️💊 #DrugFreeProject #SayNoToDrugs #1500Volunteers #DrugFreeGeneration

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Some trees are not meant to stay small.

“Iroko’s Sprout” 🌿

#InkblotSanctum

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@poets why did you stop posting....?

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Week 19/50
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I Had A Dream

I cannot remember it.

I cannot remember what chased me. Cannot remember what broke me. Cannot remember why my hands still tremble in the middle of an ordinary morning.

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Been a while

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Week 15/50
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The Truth I'm Afraid Of

Playing hide and seek
with fate,
laughing with delay,
until reality jerks them awake
too late.

#spokenwords

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We give the best advice…
just not to ourselves.

SOLOMON PARADOX
A mind that guides others—yet abandons itself.

This episode will make you pause and rethink your decisions.

🎧 Listen:
https://t.co/vTKONaCnn7

Don’t just listen… tell me what hit you.
#podcast

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Week 11/50
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The Wordrior's Battle

Because this pen?
It is not just ink. It is a sword.

And this voice?
It does not whisper…
it pierces.

We are not just writers,
we are Wordriors.

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Chains of Comfort

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Poem Title: Chains of Comfort

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Week 10/50
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Balance & Belonging

Belonging is holding your belief
without breaking another person’s dignity.

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Week 09/50
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Life Is Short, Art Is Eternal

One moment we arrive with lungs full of wonder,
the next… time is already packing our memories into yesterday.

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Week 08/50
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Scars Drawn Round My Soul

There were nights I stitched myself together
with threads of prayer and trembling hope,
mornings where I wore courage like borrowed clothing,
unsure if it truly belonged to me.