Other People’s Lovers by Angela Nimah

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] You know me like summer knows autumn is about to leaveLike winter knows spring is about to blossomLike staying calm when I'm yelling at the top of my thyroid glands pumping veinsAngrily making myself upsetI'm cryingLike how...

Heritage by Angela Nimah

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Heritage Don't ever be afraid They want us to be afraid They want to keep us asleep So they tweaked the narrative to dumb and numb our people down They, the system They, the missionaries They steal...

Buried inside of me by Angela Nimah

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I promise to be open to all that love offers I'm hardly a saint My shadows are no different from yours Some people fall victim to the sky While on days that feel like I don't love...

Primordial Spirit Returning From Exile by Angela Nimah

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I remember being 7 or 8 years old and stepping into a traditional healer's hut for the first time With sincere curiosity, I looked around at the bottles of herbal medicine and at the breathing of the...

That One Voice by Angela Nimah

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Somewhere between putting myself first and being accountable for my actions Somewhere between being selfless and selfish I'm standing in the middle of nothing surrounded by everything I've ever thought possible I've changed and shifted so much...