Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not difficult.
Ama Ata Aidoomoney-making is like a god possessing a priest. He never will leave you, until he has occupied you, wholly changed the order of your being, and seared you through and up and down. Then only would he eventually leave you, but nothing of you except an exhausted wreck, lying prone and wondering who are you.
Ama Ata AidooThere are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.
Ama Ata AidooI've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
Ama Ata Aidoo