Shola Balogun

Shola Balogun, playwright, poet and writer whose creative Muse is the Mystic ladder of Yoruba world and Judeo-Christian thoughts, is from Yoruba,southwestern Nigeria. He received his Masters Degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, specializing in Literary and Dramatic Criticism.
He was the winner of the First Educare Trust’s Olaudah Equiano Poetry Prize (2002) and the Festival of Peace Poetry Award (2005) organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. He is the author of a collection of poetry, The Cornwoman of Jurare and Other Poems (2007). His books The Wrestling of Jacob, Praying Dangerously: the Cry of Blind Bartimaeus, and Death and Suicide In Selected African Plays, are available at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Shola-Balogun/e/B00LPRQU10 and select bookstores. His play, Egue Eghae, is ready for the stage. Shola Balogun also writes stories for children. His Yoruba background and encounter at the age of 21 with the poetry of John Donne and William Shakespeare influenced his creative writing.


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	Letter Sealed with a Rose by Shola Balogun
	Wipe your Tears by Shola Balogun Wipe your TearsChild, let your eyelids gleamLike a
	Bethlehem Songs by Shola Balogun

	Poetry of Your Eyes by Shola Balogun
	'In Jerusalem' By The Mystic Poet SIAM by Shola Balogun ‘In Jerusalem’ By The Mystic Poet SIAM A mystic poet is one not only with a higher level of creative talent but also one whose spiritual vision prese
	Nok Figurine by Shola Balogun Nok FigurineThe ocean in your eyes,In its depth
	Satire and Comic Ribaldry in a Traditional African Theatre by Shola Balogun The interplay of satire and comic ribaldry as a specified art of the traditional Yoruba gelede theatre and its aesthetic framework within postcolonial African experience can be interrogated as a provenance to the place of folktheatre in contemp
	To a Friend Who Died in the Swamp by Shola Balogun To a Friend Who Died in the SwampRivers meet in my eyes for you.Transfixed on the veiled Mound of the swamp, Lone Beholder of unsteady opera On rotten marble, You s
	In the Slum by Shola Balogun In the SlumDeep down in the slum,There is more sacred baptism in silent doctrines.Invading fears are ripen nightmares.They keep you bellow the pool of debris to keep you a
	Crusoe by Shola Balogun CrusoeI ride on the waves of their lies and tell how vicious men master vain manners for a piece of unhallowed bread.I ride on the waves of their rumours and belch at the ridiculous riddles of
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