Autobiography
In My African Childhood...
In My African childhood We lived next door to a ‘church’, could hear their fervent chest-beating, shouting at all times of the day and night. So...
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Hidden Capacity
Yesterday, we met. For the first time, we actually spoke to each other. How long have we been together? And yet, yesterday was the first time we...
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Punctured day
I wrote this poem a couple of weeks ago during one of my blah days. Today I thought I'd share it: it is another blah day. Also, another day when the fact that my hair is clean and going swish is one of my few joys.
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War makes insomniacs and bad poetry
I woke up and 4 am last night, my stomach in a knot over the news of the last week. This poured out of me on the Notes app on my phone. I always turn to poetry when I'm anxious, I find it unfiltered and visceral. It's neither good nor reasoned, but that's okay, it's one of my best therapeutic tools.
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Lily of the Lamplight
She admitted me to the hospital that night at reception I believed it was an emergency people get that way with anxiety, like they can't breathe and...
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Teashop Times
Nothing explosive at the teashop this week, but a few whimsical incidents, nonetheless. On taking a window seat one day I observed a perfectly...
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Living Alone
No family no friends just on my own the whole time just a handful visits and mostly work related. You know you are alone when … At last you've got...
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More Snowdrops ! (hidden away)
Is that a drift of snow peeping over the top of the bank? …
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Brief Moments To Imagine
Dear diary... living twilight years within brightness of new days is all I need. But oh! To wander once again down adjacent lanes to coastal cliff...
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Teashop Times
It was another windy day today and people outside the teashop were bending almost double in their attempts to cross the road. Railings were used like...
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