“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”
– Joyce Meyer Continue reading
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Finished, Not Perfect
I had a catchup conversation with one of my best friends a couple of weeks ago. We were casually discussing our goals / progress and I shared some of the stories and poems I have been working on since we last spent time together. He then asked me a simple question “why haven’t you finished them?” Continue reading
Chapter 30
Sooooooo happy!!!
I can’t wait to see what this new chapter has in store.
That. Is. All.
I Am Not My Hair
I am not my hair.
It does not define me,
nor should it confine me
to that “good hair” category…
[excert]
Assumpta Ozua 2009 Continue reading
Woman Crush Wednesdays #1
Sometimes, when I speak, my mother comes out.
Spontaneous cacophony I cannot control,
my trunk, encased in the fear of splintering your legacy,
coerced upright by transcendent heritage and pride;
tangible evidence that little brown girls fertilised by
faith, sacrifice, high expectations and love can
germinate into formidable forests, like you. Continue reading
The Art of Forgiveness
When you are lost in the eye of the storm,
weeping
and the shore is more heartache away,
creeping Continue reading
Because Sometimes
…coffee is a metaphor for my words. Continue reading
Reshaping Obliterated Faces: Ten Female Nigerian Poets
A few days ago, an article a friend posted on their Facebook wall popped up in my mini-feed. Based on the link title alone ‘Reshaping Obliterated Faces: Ten Female Nigerian Poets‘, I clicked ‘like’ (don’t judge me, we’ve all done it) and then decided to read it.
Imagine my surprise when I got to number 8! Continue reading
