DUET SERIES DAY 2.. John King Ayanfe

 

Featuring: John King Ayanfe (Nigeria) & Bogdana Gageanu (Romania)
Title: Nature

Ancient elixir

When I am lost,
Nature comforts me
With the patience of a mother
And I regain my home

Verdant freshness overwhelme me
To overrule the rule of despair
Water quenching the thirst of burns
Whilst air flushes the ashes away

When I am sick,
Nature cures my body and soul
And I find my medicine
For the most profound wounds

Before scientists deciphered medicine
Nature has been the medication
Free without charges nor complications
Nature is an elixir I fear not

When the despair not vanish
And people are too cold
God gives a next meeting
With his messenger, Nature

The beauty and comfort of life inhabit nature
She's a mother; knowing whence to massage us
Giving us the desired relief
The ancient elixir bring our discomforts to their knees

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Bio of Bogdana Gageanu
She is from Campina, in Romania.
In 2011, she wrote a play,which is a monologue called "Do it for me" and she played it in august at The Culture House in the town

Her Literary poetry debute started in december 2019. She was published in the Literary Magazine "Cenaclul de la Păltiniș"("The Literary Circle from Păltiniș",edited by Elena Moisei and Valentin Leahu).

She has recited some of poems on radio stations. She's a co-host with Petru Abouriței called "Senseless News", a humouristic show. SHe also went to a poetry marathon, organized in Câmpina, Romania. She won 3rd place at the Romanian Poetry Contest organized by "Mureșenilor House "Museum from Brașov .
She has won a lot of online contests and have been published in several anthologies.