Saturday, 10 June 2023

Questions for Ada: Poem No. 4 by Ijeoma Umebinyuo

You call me
"sister"
not because you
are my blood
but because 
you understand 
the kind of tragedies 
we both have endured
to come back in to loving
ourselves
again
&
again. 

Ijeoma Umebinyuo
Ijeoma Umebinyuo is an artist and writer who was born in Nigeria but spent some of her childhood in America. During her holidays in her hometown in Eastern Nigeria, she developed a passion for storytelling after her grandfather introduced her to Igbo folklore. In 2015, she released her debut collection of poetry titled Questions for Ada.

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