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Ghanaian poet and playwright Chief Moomen, may soon bow out of the poetry space.<\/p>\n

The creative entrepreneur told Kwame Dadzie in an interview in Joy FM<\/strong>\u2019s entertainment Twitter spaces conversation that his interest in poetry has waned, as compared to the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese days I am not as thrilled when I get [poetry] gigs as I used to probably a couple of years ago and I\u2019m actually looking forward to retiring because I also realise that I have spent a lot of time doing commercial poetry that I haven\u2019t really taken time off to write the things I really want to write,\u201d Chief Moomen.<\/p>\n

Chief Moomen also said that it is impossible for anyone to do poetry as a full-time career.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you practice as a poet, as a career full-time, and that is what you do, that is what you survive on completely until your retirement? From my experience I don\u2019t think so and I don\u2019t necessary think it should be so,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chief has performed poetry on big stages in Ghana and abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year, he delivered a keynote performance on the theme \u2018Ambition for Change\u2019 at the Transformation Education Pre-Summit in Paris.<\/p>\n

In theatre, he is famed for his theatrical performance \u2018Wogbejeke\u2019 which was adopted for the celebration of Ghana\u2019s 60th independence anniversary in 2017.<\/p>\n

He has currently put together another stage play titled \u2018The Mansa World.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Joy Entertainment Unpacked\u2019, is a weekly Twitter Spaces conversation on Joy FM\u2019s Twitter page.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s discussion was about creating commercial avenues for poetry in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Other speakers on the show were Poetra Asantewa (poet), Nana Asaase (poet), Emma Ofosua (poet, writer ), and Kwame Agyemang Berko (poet, writer).<\/p>\n

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