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african poetry

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Three Poems – Tares Oburumu

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  • December 27, 2022
essay on boat  in the oval of St. John’s Chapel. in the dome of his visions; in the form of ship or skew,  the times come. the virgins have been…
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The Sharp Weight of Inheritance – Nnadi Samuel

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  • December 27, 2022
“I do not know if hurt is my birthright”— Jason B. Crawford knuckle withholds an English suffering,  clenched in fierce strain. my unsheathed hands, hurled spacelike,  knifing a worship. there…
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Two Poems – Olumide Manuel

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  • December 27, 2022
20.10.20 there are no rules except those against protests. the silence came for us before the bullets. every wound devours itself.  dark green molds in the lips culturing a system…
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Three Poems – Chisom Okafor

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  • December 27, 2022
A piercing through the dark In the face of darkness, this secluded space is a pathology likewise to live alone in it. My heart keeps failing in bits, as the…
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Two Poems – Roseline Anya Okorie

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  • December 27, 2022
Roots Love grows in the evening  Dies at dawn    There is not enough prophecy about hearts How it can become vapor                          Fighting for space in the sky There are many…
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Three Wet Dreams by Benson Eluma

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  • July 19, 2021
I sleep in laps. Wake up, rest from sleep like resting from work, then return to sleep-work.What is this shadow that follows me in the dark, despairing when the switch…
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