Three poems
3 Poems by Ifeoma Nnewuihe
two poets and a pineapple so they took their love down to the oceanand washed it salty cleantheir love was like the pineapplethat always stayed green “if we cleanse it with salt water, perhaps it will be sweeterI hear that salt on pineapple makes it taste a lot better” a sonnetis how long it takes…
3 poems by Lake Adedamola
When your mother returns Every day when your mother returns from the market It was you who welcomes her at the doorand she would have a smile for you. It was the same smile she wore when the midwife bundled you into her armsThe place you’ll leave someday.To a far flung place her arms Tip…
3 poems by Nkateko Masinga
1. ghazal for the ghastly going “I am not cruel, only truthful.” – Sylvia Plath I’ll take your love in rations: this portion will last ’til June,when my leaves turn brown and yours, green. Until June, when the wind howls in my hemisphere, an overt warning of the danger to come. Hold the ache in…
3 poems by Nanya Kooper
Aririọ Kwuteli Here will I submit my supplication to Ala. O Ala! I know you are benevolent.You give children abundantly like rain and watch them grow like the akpu farms on the riverbeds of Asiama. O Ala! Hear me A woman’s petition is the sound of a thousand thunders.When thunder came The people fled…