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I think of lovers as trees, growing to and from one another searching for the same light, my mothers laughter in a dark room, a photograph greying under my touch, this is all I know how to do, carry loss around until I begin to resemble every bad memory, every terrible fear, every nightmare anyone […]
More‘Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere. #WarsanShire #Takwa #Lamu #Kenya
More‘That night, in a dream, the first girl emerges from a slit in my stomach. The scar heals into a smile. The man I love pulls the stitches out with his fingernails. We leave black sutures curling on the side of the bath.’ #WarsanShire #Shela #Lamu #Kenya
MoreThis month I have mostly been reading the work of Kenyan-born Somali poet Warsan Shire and reflecting on her work within the context of pan-Africanism. My review is currently under construction and I look forward to sharing it with all of you on July 10 2019.
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