{"id":44886,"date":"2023-03-16T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/poetry-has-been-my-biggest-payer-nana-asaase\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:58:47","slug":"poetry-has-been-my-biggest-payer-nana-asaase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/poetry-has-been-my-biggest-payer-nana-asaase\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry has been my biggest payer &#8211; Nana Asaase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3D780B7A-D430-4F31-86D5-1333A5807727-1024x627.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Contrary to the notion that poetry does not pay in Ghana, Ghanaian poet and literary coach, Nana Asaase says he has made gains from it.<\/p>\n<p>Born Philip Boakye Dua Oyinka, Nana Asaase has been in the creative industry for eleven (11) years.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, quitting his job to concentrate on poetry, has really paid off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my eleventh year since I quit my job. Poetry has been my biggest payer. On stage, off stage, whichever way it is, it\u2019s been poetry all along,\u201d he told <strong>Joy FM<\/strong>\u2019s Kwame Dadzie on \u2018Joy Entertainment Unpacked.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Contributing to a discussion on how to create more commercial avenues for poets in Ghana, Nana said \u201cit is possible to take poetry as a full-time job although it might not be like the kind of turn-overs we are expecting when someone is in a regular 8 to 5 job making a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsistently, it\u2019s growing. It will get better. It can be done. It has been done. We are doing it. Maybe without knowing it, everybody is doing it,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He made this statement, when poet and playwright Chief Moomen said during the conversation that it is impossible for anyone to take poetry as a full-time job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\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 Chief noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Nana Asaase, two other poets, Emma Ofosua and Poetra Asantewa also said they have been able to make a living from poetry after quitting their corporate jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Joy Entertainment Unpacked\u2019, is a weekly Twitter Spaces conversation on Joy FM\u2019s Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to the notion that poetry does not pay in Ghana, Ghanaian poet and literary coach, Nana Asaase says he has made gains from it. Born Philip Boakye Dua Oyinka, Nana Asaase has been in the creative industry for eleven (11) years. 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