Ogun and Osun
Cradles of fashion, harboring wax and dye baths
Inked designs on fabric that tell the children of Oduduwa apart
Products born of gifted hands, heritage, ancestry
The artisan’s toil births Nigerian high-fashion
Indigo stained hands are all in a days work
inspired by:
https://dversepoets.com/2025/02/24/its-quadrille-monday-3/
Festival King 
Although your poem was tricky to read with overlapping lines, it was very interesting.
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Oh! I do apologise. Had to re-work the font. Many thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Beautiful poem! I can picture those indigo-dyed hands.
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you… I am glad you like it! 🙂
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I love how you honor the toil! “Indigo stained hands are all in a days work”.
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I am glad you like! 🙂
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I love writing that exposes me to another culture I don’t know enough about and send’s me down a rabbit hole. Yours did that with Ogun and Osun. Also very much appreciate this poem honoring the work artisans put in to create these beautiful fabrics.
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🙂 You are very welcome to the culture dear. Thank you for coming by!
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I really appreciate how you bring the art of batik to life through the reference to heritage and the craft of fashion. It’s rich with culture and artistry.
~David
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Thank you David 🙂
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YES! You’ve captured the whole of the exhibit I saw on indigo in one poem. BEAUTIFULLY DONE!
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I am honored that you like it :D… thank you for stopping by!
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love the history/story that your poem tells. thank you for sharing it with us!
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Thank you for your comment. It means a lot 🙂
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How lovely those colors tell a story… I have recently learned that there is indigo from another plant also in the far north where I live.
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Hahaha! I am actually looking to take an adire batik class. Hopefully I get to see the local plant being used here.
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