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Jakky Bankong-Obi
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What Still Yields (@AfricanPoetryBF/@AkashicBooks) || Co-Ed @icefloeP || Work: @moremireview @poetry_society @Gutter_Magazine @pidgeonholes @TheSchooner
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Feb 22, 2022
    Dear friends, won’t you celebrate with me? In a startling turn of events, my chapbook manuscript was selected by the greats @kwamedawes & @chrisabani for inclusion in the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook boxsets (Spring/Summer 2022) @AfricanPoetryBF! @AkashicBooks Glory🥳🥳
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Jan 17, 2023
    After my son found out yesterday that childbirth was quite the risk & life threatening for mother & baby, he shook my hand & said "congrats to both us, we made it. We are both warriors." I haven't stopped breaking out in quiet laughter everytime I think about it. So extra!😂
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Nov 13, 2023
    “Who are you and whom do you love?” — Bhanu Kapil. *PS: I really love how poetry and poets can reset my head. No matter how many times I read this, it always just slices to the heart of things!
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    May 3, 2021
    Finally got into Shadow and Bone on @netflix today with the public holiday and all. Let me say I. Love. It. I mean I haven’t read the books but I totally enjoyed this. Jesper was my favourite. He’s so cheeky! 😂😂
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    May 17, 2020
    A huge part of being a poet or even a writer is believing in a piece despite 34 rejections and then eventually finding a home for it. Glory be! 😂
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Feb 8, 2023
    I’ve been praying this poem for days now. All the flowers @Danez_Smif 💐💐💐❤️
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Jul 2, 2022
    I cannot believe my life. I'm on the cover of The Poetry Review! 😭🥳❤️
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    The Poetry Society
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    Jul 1, 2022
    Launch of @AndreBagoo & @iamrichardscott's beautifully guest edited issue of the review! Book a spot at our online event on the 7th of July for a selection of spellbinding summertime readings! bit.ly/Summer22Review…
    The Poetry Review cover. Purple and blue. Text: Rae Armantrout, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Jamerson Fitzpatrick, J.H. Prynne, Carol Watts. a page torn out of a book found under a tree
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Sep 16, 2023
    Writing poetry is my revenge for being born.
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Jun 27, 2023
    She’s here! My beautiful chapbook baby is here! I’m so grateful and so in love!!!! 🥰🥹😍❤️❤️🥳🥳
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    May 18, 2023
    Replying to @jiggymaami
    One thing about Stromae? Lyrics! Like listen to his lyrics, the play on words! When he says “Céline, bataire?! A poet!!! ( because juxtapose with célibataire). And pls don’t get me started on Arlette and arrête 😂😂
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Jul 10, 2023
    Replying to @notcapnamerica
    Her eyes, man. As a woman, seeing the look in her eyes hurt me because I feel like I know how it feels even if I can’t explain it.
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Apr 29, 2023
    Guys, I’ll be 40 in a few days & after over 8 months, I’m writing poetry again!🥹❤️
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Nov 10, 2020
    Replying to @swmplanningcpa @cspan and @SecPompeo
    Omg this! I’m an African living in Africa and these are supposedly the reasons why we get US election observers, US troops stationed around our countries etc. to preserve democracy. What a disgrace to see this play out in the US. Guess we are all basically shitholes now.
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    Jakky Bankong-Obi
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    Feb 20, 2023
    As someone who started writing in their late 30s with no formal qualifications to the fact, my favorite thing is getting other "lay people" to believe they too can write. I mean get all the education you can but don't forget, writing is also about love. Love language, love words.
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