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Some Ghanaian folks who dial the wrong number have the most infuriating manners. Here is a poet’s response. Enjoy! WRONG NUMBER NUMBER TWO No, There’s no “Mr. Coleman” here. And no, no. Y...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/25/wrong-number-number-two-by-ama-ata-aidoo-poetrymonth/

Wana Udobang (MissWanaWana) is a journalist, poet and filmmaker. She lives in Lagos. Her spoken word album, In Memory of Forgetting, is available on iTunes. Also do check out her documentaries. (...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/24/the-banquet-by-wana-udobang-poetrymonth/

June Jordan was a Caribbean-American poet and essayist, born to Jamaican immigrants in Harlem in 1936, and raised in Bed-Stuy, New York. She was a highly acclaimed poet and essayist. She was prob...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/23/oughta-be-a-woman-by-june-jordan/

Ngwatilo Mawiyoo is a Kenyan poet.  She was shortlisted for the 2015 Brunel University African Poetry Prize.  Her poetry has appeared in many journals.  She has published two collections of p...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/20/bathing-in-lake-victoria-by-ngwatilo-mawiyoo-poetrymonth/

Efe Paul Azino is a Nigerian poet and performance artist.  He is founder and director of the Lagos International Poetry Festival. His debut collection of poetry, For Broken Men Who Cross Often, ...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/19/our-mother-died-expecting-by-efe-paul-azino-poetrymonth/

Ali Cobby Eckermann is an Indigenous (Yankunytjatjara/Kokatha) Australian poet. She is part of the Stolen Generations, who as children of Aboriginal descent, were taken from their families. Ecke...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/18/2-pelicans-by-ali-cobby-eckermann-poetrymonth/

Kei Miller is a Jamaican poet, novelist, essayist and blogger; he’s published nine books. His third novel, Augustown, won the 2017 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.  I had quite the t...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/17/this-zinc-roof-by-kei-miller-poetrymonth/

Poetra Asantewa is a Ghanaian poet, performer, writer and designer. Her debut EP, Naked Ones, was released in 2015 (listen on SoundCloud). This poem is stunning and sobering. Mathematician You’...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/16/mathematician-by-poetra-asantewa-poetrymonth/

Constatine P. Cavafy (1863 – 1933) was a Greek poet (born in Alexandria, Egypt) and is considered one of the best European poets of the 20th century. He is one of my all-time favorite poets. Re...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/12/the-afternoon-sun-by-c-p-cavafy-poetrymonth/

In celebration of 2018 #PoetryMonth, which would not be complete without a poem by the Lorde herself.  I was never bothered by so-called negative perception of feminism. Or the tag of  “angry...

https://kinnareads.com/2018/04/11/who-said-it-was-simple-by-audre-lorde-poetrymonth/