Who is Dauda Tholley

Tholley is a young Sierra Leonean poet born in the eastern part of Sierra Leone. He is a member of the Sierra Leone writer's forum. He is a student at the University of Sierra Leone, and he is pursuing a degree in Civil engineering....
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Dauda Tholley Poems

  • African Woman
    Womanhood is a pride
    Tied around her waist
    To package her mountain
    In her little boubou; ...
  • The New Wall And The New Colossus.
    LAZARUS! In silence you lie
    Beneath the dust of ancient scrolls,
    Whilst your art ; The mother of exiles
    Dines in the womb of time demarcated. ...
  • The Bowl Of Contentment
    Oh! Africa, You have baked me black
    In the oven of your Sahara,
    The attribute of resilience.
    ...
  • The Tripodal Firestones
    Women! You are like our tripodal Firestones
    Blackened by service; confined within
    The ashen heat of your masters,
    Burning with broken promises and matrimonial taboos ...
  • I Died To Live Again
    Evening smile must be worn,
    Tonight's dinner is served
    With the drumming of their guns.
    Battalion of thirsty soldiers are on the verge ...
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Broken 4 Black 3 Woman 3 Light 2 Skin 2 Body 2 Long 2 Pride 2 Beauty 2 Wind 1


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Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone
Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling;
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Of the wide spheres -- an everlasting tone.
And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown,
The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing,
And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing
Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne.
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