Born in Lagos, Tobi Adebowale hails from Ijebu Ode in the South-West of Nigeria. A lover of the Arts, avid reader and writer with interests ranging from politics, social issues, sports, religion to literary writing. Tobi started writing poems as a JSS3 student penning down his feelings about various issues. He was later to represent his school at local inter-school poetry contests, winning prizes and awards. Winning his school's annual essay contest further encouraged him to write just as falling in love in senior school inspired him to write more poems. Tobi sees himself as being multi-talented and is quite ambitious. He is currently a law student at Nigeria's foremost university, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
Recall that blazing afternoon
When you and the sun boiled with rage
And for reasons I did not envisage
Our bond was severed that noon
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You got my previous piece
And did not respond
Please respond to this
So my mind can taste peace
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In their veins
flowed the patriotic
blood of ancestral spirits
that laced their hearts
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