Oppong Clifford Benjamin's poem 'Erosion' won the fourth place in the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest 2017. You win some, you lose some. Congratulations Aire Joshua Omotayo for winning the first prize.
EROSION by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
A mother once said to her daughters:
fill a man’s heart with rich loamy soil
and plant in it a sprig of acacia
that it may blossom
but...
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Virgin Mother and Other Short Stories
“You have today joined the many women who die every month and resurrect a week after. You have learned the intricate windings of the waist of a mortar. You can now eat a banana and bring forth a cluster of plantain, and from today, a man is but only a baby to you. Men must pay you the whole universe...
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