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Nobuhle Bailey - Spoken Word Contest - March 2026 Contestant - On a mission to continuously celebrate poets and spoken word artists - Sage at Words
Nobuhle Bailey
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Nobuhle Bailey
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About Nobuhle Bailey's work:
Poem Title:
The Weight of “NO”
Poem Theme:
My poem is centred on the power and danger of a woman saying “no” in a world that doesn’t always respect it.
Poem Inspiration:
Earlier today I found myself crying in my school’s bathroom after speaking to a taxi driver about a situation where I had been threatened for refusing to give my number. He told me it wasn’t right and that he would report it, but when I realised the person in charge had once asked for my number too, I became overwhelmed. In that moment, with tears falling, I picked up a pen and started writing. My poem was born from that feeling, the fear, the frustration, and the realisation that sometimes a simple ‘no’ can carry more weight than it should.
How long have they been writing poems:
For about a year now.
How they discovered their passion for poetry and word art:
During my toughest time last year, I struggled a lot with expressing myself and emotions.Poetry became the invisible hands that embraced me. The tissue that never quite reached my face
to wipe my tears but waited patiently
to catch them. A pen replaced the razor
that once tempted to touch of my skin. And the ink became the blood
that stained the paper instead.
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