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  March 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 2 total

The Betrayal

In my Gethsemane, dewdrops do not see the sunlight
Although I reached beyond the watery void to improve my sight;
Faint shapes danced like drunken dervishes; not there, yet slight.

It is my desire for you that sings that song, not I, not I...
...

– by Nkem Joseph-Palmer

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To Menya: Cold Catch Me Like Ice

"My heart talk gidi gbam
Na my own, I don see am!
The fear wey man dey fear...
Na better slap suppose tear
Im face, na disgrace, better tear,
Fall from im eyes...
Cold catch me like ice.

I look your eyes...
Belle turn, my tongue dries..
...

– by NKEM JOSEPH-PALMER

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