MOTHERHOOD MEANS IMMOLATION TO MY MOTHER, A POEM BY MOSHKUR AJIKOBI
the last time hunger threatened to kill me,
my mother cut her flesh & fed me.
& when my oesophagus was like a desert that
my saliva wasn’t suffice to wage war against
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4/1/2022
1:23
DEPRESSION, A POEMY BY ELIZABETH EMMANUEL
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3/24/2022
2:02
THRENODY: YOUR DEATH GULP ME EMPTY
My tears are this poem rolling into gratitude: carving out strong boys who never cries nor succumbed to life’s protracted misfortune when their father had gone to meet with Eve’s daughter…
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2/11/2022
1:54
WHY A STRONG BLACK WOMAN? A POEM BY HILLARY NICOLE VAN ROOI
The strength of black women of all walks of life often go unnoticed. They aren’t famous and don’t have the power, money or influence to get the recognition they deserve. Yet so much can be said about these everyday ‘sheroes’…
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1/28/2022
2:30
THE ROAD HOME, A POEM BY ABDULSALAM ADEIZA SADIQ
The road home is long and it runs and runs
across busy towns and lonely villages,
through express routes, flyovers and
white chalk lines drawn on asphalt,
through bumps and gallops and potholes
the size of a small pond and through smoke
from the exhaust of heavy-duty lorries
with witty slogans painted on their bodies.
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