Now that they know by Kwasa

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] what happenswhen secrets come out?do they explodeSo loud that everyone may hearor steam outfrom a simmering pot?now that they know,does the world stop andreconsider its axis,does time mound around youat that momentlike secretsyou have kept? [tabby title="Poet...

6 Questions and a Request (for Ma) by Kwasa

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] How many times did he put out your fire by unleashing his waters on you when you had every reason, to bite it off? Just how did you keep it together when they were out to dismantle...

At the Dinner Table by Kwasa

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] With hearts still bleeding mouths wide torn from protest dry tongues taste the nectar of a dream's flower. They sang songs of joy after the winds subsided "victory at last" they breathed. amongst the many smiling faces...

From Mother to Me by Kwasa

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] She says I am a universe full of glory and things beautiful inside are worlds in orbit fixed around my epicentre She says I am a cyclone with eye and heart so gentle and words so gale...