THE NOISY WORLD; A captivating poem by Greg Odo
Preface to The Noisy World English poet and children's writer Ted Hughes [ 17 August 1930- 28 October 1998] wrote to Greg Odo from Court Green, North Tawton, Devon, England, UK on February 10, 1986. Dear Greg Odo, Thanks for the long letter and the poems. If you're only 22, I wouldn't worry about other people's instructions. nor if you were 93. If you are African and you can't be African being born African and growing up in wonderful Africa- then it follows, no matter what you write, no matter how simply "inspirational" your poems are, every thing that comes out of you must be "of relevance to Africa" and "related to Africa". It might not be full of political references or political feelings, or social concerns but it can only breathe "spirit of Africa". And in the end, political or social content in poetry is temporary_it is the stuff that dates and become quickly meaningless. But the spirit, which seems to i...