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MontrealAfter eight years of balancing 10-hour workdays and writing, Jibril Adamu is releasing his first poetry collection, Ode to a Red Country Rooster, at the end of the month. From the driver's seat, Jibril Adamu, a.k.a. the Rideshare Poet, turns the mundane into verseListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Jibril Adamu says he gathers notes for his poetry during the day while driving people around and uses the rare moments of calm in his life to put pen to paper, whether it's at his local coffee shop or Benny Library. (Cassandra Yanez-Leyton/CBC)In many ways, Jibril Adamu is expected to work like a robot, he says. As a rideshare driver, an app bosses him around Montreal for eight hours a day. His remaining time is filled by his duties as a building janitor and father of three — and by his poetry. A lifelong poet at heart, he says that when he realized life wouldn't let him write full time, he decided to seize the brief moments in between rides to hone his craft.

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