“Proem” by Ayomide Bayowa
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Proem
By Ayomide Bayowa
Copyright ยฉ Ayomide Bayowa
Ayomide Bayowa is a Nigerian-Canadian poet, playwright and theatre Arts fellow of the University of Ibadan. He has a B.A in Dramaturgy and Creative Writing from the University of Toronto, and was the 2021-24 Poet Laureate of Mississauga. In 2021, he was a semi-finalist for the Cave Canem Poetry Prize with, ‘Gillsโ published by Wolsak and Wynn in 2023. He was a finalist for the 2023 National Poetry (U.K), Frontier Poetry Global and 2025 Palette Poetry Prize.
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