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Brother Replies

November 30, 2020 Pretty Wa RamahlakoComment on Brother Replies

Brother Replies(Submission after liberation, 1994)Dear SiphoThy fret paper silk in ink has arrivedSealed in the

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A letter to my father
Poetry

A Letter to My Father

August 7, 2020 Omah1 Comment on A Letter to My Father

A Letter to my Father is a poem of pain, violence, and survival. Written in

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Poetry The Team Uncategorized

Time and change.

July 3, 2020 PraiseOkwuchi1 Comment on Time and change.

We learnt to takerefuge in the talesspoken to us byour father’s fathers. We take comfortin

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Poetry

These Butterflies Don’t Fly, Poetry by Damilola Jonathan Oladeji

June 11, 2020 jonathanoladejiComment on These Butterflies Don’t Fly, Poetry by Damilola Jonathan Oladeji

I’d like to be a butterflyAnd flutter into your roomTell you how the wind blowsCause

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Poetry Poetry

OTHERWISE

February 14, 2020 Prince StephComment on OTHERWISE

OTHERWISE The grass is green, Like cattles and kines, Your love is grazing my skin.

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Poetry

Insomnia #Dec2018

February 7, 2020 Jindu1 Comment on Insomnia #Dec2018

I take a walk at dawn, when the dew falls Bless me father for I

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Poetry Poetry

Nights of a Thousand Laughs

January 31, 2020 Adaeze M. NwadikeComment on Nights of a Thousand Laughs

Night of a Thousand Laughs   The first time you saw a soul leave, The

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Poetry Poetry

PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS A BOOK

January 30, 2020 WorshipHolicComment on PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS A BOOK

PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS A BOOK the book of my body begins from the

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Poetry Poetry Prose

maybe men are the truest carnivores

January 30, 2020 ifeomannewuiheComment on maybe men are the truest carnivores

maybe men are the truest carnivores   i want to eat you it is a

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Poetry

Beauty Beneath the Black by Anu Soneye

August 19, 2019 anusoneyeComment on Beauty Beneath the Black by Anu Soneye

Black, the Savage shade of a bounded race
turns dead sketches into breathing art.
Night, the cool every man craves comes in the dark
when the sun sleeps and the moon wakes

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