Work Braids
by Jana Ross She hauls long black braids over her shoulder with the swing of her neck like a crane raises its beak from rushing water....
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Blame the Gods
In "Blame the Gods," The poet Jonathan Chibuike Ukah challenges the heavens and lays bare the disappointments and despair of man.
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Black Snow
Blessing Odunyemi, Nigerian-British poet, fashions a picture of Western developments imposed upon postcolonial societies.
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Pilgrim's Rest
Carmen Brady-Bronston, finalist of the African Diaspora Award, illustrates the journey of two generations along one rode in time.
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Clay People
"Clay People" exists within the award-winning poetry collection "Me and My Hair" by Jana Ross.
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The City of Ghosts is the City of My People...
The poem by Abdulrazaq Salihu of Nigeria addresses feelings of alienation within the most expected place of acceptance.
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SAFARI
By Akin Jeje First published by KongPoWriMo Originally, "safari" in Swahili, Was simply a sojourn, a journey, That could be undertaken by...
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Silent Passenger
by Nike Campbell I don’t feel the warmth of home. Not even with “Welcome to Nigeria” blaring as I descend the escalator at Murtala...
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Panic Attack
by Jon Jon Stefan As if she was guided by the tracers of a ghost she pulled herself forward and ducked under shoulders of linen, cotton,...
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Protective Style
by Jana Ross She is growing her hair like a blanket around her body Moss Woman hangs her head in a river She has spent a lifetime...
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Simply the Best
Kinsman Quarterly's Literature Director, Akin Jeje, pays poetic tribute to the late Queen of Rock and Roll.
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Poetry from Maitreyi Karanth
Indian-born performer, Maitreyi Karanth, crafts poetry exploring the complex human spirit as it approaches the simplicities of life.
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Could've
by Akin Jeje If we could’ve improve the past, Robert Nesta Marley would still be singings songs of freedom, an’ Zimbabwe would truly be...
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In My Late 20s
In a four-poem contribution to KQ, Wayne Benson Jr. examines the coexistence of impact and impudence in hope, legacy, and poetry itself.
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Grandma's Rhythm
by Hess Love Back then, Grandmothers ruled the drum Nurturing hands could conjure a beat Thump, on the flat of a serving board Thump,...
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Black Bile
by Jon Jon Stefan Black bile spat out of the neck of your cigarettes Our melancholic humor flushed the rust down our postures We brought...
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Mall World
Black poet, Jon Jon Stefan, comments on the thin line between being, and defending, the property of America.
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