Friday, 23 June 2023

discovery by Lillian Akampurira Aujo

we wonder how to un-tether
from the wreaths of our pasts;

what weaves the sea,
the waves together

where our tears gather
in dirge

bewailing the heft of loss
& sinking

in
un-belonging

wishing to unlock
the noose of un-fitting

Lillian Akampurira Aujo
Lillian Aujo is a Ugandan author. In 2009, She was the first winner of the first BN poetry prize by Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation . In 2015, she was longlisted for, and won the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for her story "Where pumpkin leaves dwell".

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