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no woman's land

By UNWILTED

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THESE POEMS GROW TEETH AT NIGHT
I.
UNTITLED EINTOU
HUNGER, MY FIRST LANGUAGE
MEMORIES
FIVE KIMO FOR MY MOTHER'S HOME
DEAR MOTHER,
GIRL, RESEMBLING GOD
THE SACRIFICE
WHILE WE WERE RUNNING TOWARD MISS NANCY'S HOUSE, SUMMER '07 OR '08
KIMO FOR THE FIRST PERIOD
NOTE TO MY FATHER I WILL NEVER SEND
GIRLHOOD, FAST-FORWARDED
BLESS THE TEETH OF WOMANHOOD
REVELATION AT 6:40 PM
THE LOST DAUGHTERS OF YEMOJA
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH?
REVELATION AT 11:17 PM
FINAL DESTRUCTION
II.
SCAVENGER
OSHUN AS INTERVIEWER
WHITE DRESS
DURING THE LONG SUMMER OF WANT
CONSIDERING MARY
UNTITLED EINTOU
LOVE FAMINE
PRESERVE INNOCENCE
THE YEAR OF NEVER-ENDING NIGHT
PRAYERS FOR MYSELF
CLAY
LUST
AUBADE WITH BABY HAIRS
UNTITLED HAIKU
LOVE (DEROGATORY)
PRETTY/CRUEL
AFTERNOON PRAYER
WHAT WE DID LAST NIGHT
III.
THE NEW TORTURERS
MY GIRLHOOD WAS A HOT PINK SCAB
UNTITLED EINTOU
IN THE CRATER
FOOTNOTE
REMEMBER THE DAMAGE
I KILLED THE RAPTOR
TO NAME THE BLOOD
CALLING A WOLF A LAMB
SURVIVAL
SHAMEGRASS
TRUE POWER
WHEREAS WE SURVIVED
UNTITLED EINTOU
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
IF CHURCHES NEVER BURNED
SMALL RIOTS
WE MUST CHOOSE WHICH ONE WE WILL FEED
IV.
I WALKED THROUGH FIRE
FORWARD HAIBUN
MOUTH AS EXIT WOUND
WOUNDED ANIMAL COMPLEX
EXTREME DELIVERANCE
WHAT I WISHED FOR LAST APRIL
BLESS THE GLUTTON
EATING THE FUTURE
UNTITLED TANKA
IN THE FIRST SEPARATION OF DESIRES,
AFROFUTURISM
I MOCK THE CROWS
LETTER TO MY FUTURE DAUGHTER
I USED TO STOMP ON ANTS
WHERE ARE THE PEACEMAKERS?
SELF-PORTRAIT AS A CATACLYSMIC EVENT
HERE COMES THE DRAGON!
NOTES

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no woman's land

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bless the blood no one can see highest rankings: #1 in poembook #1 in thoughtsandfeelings #1 in personal #1 in freeverse Ā© z. t. corley, 2023

africanamerican daughters desire destruction fathers freeverse girlhood haiku loneliness love mothers personal poembook poemcollection poetry poetrycollection prosepoetry purity salvation self-discovery self-reflection tenderness thoughtsandfeelings womanhood

CLAY

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By UNWILTED

how malleable
my flesh—wet clay waiting for
your hands to mold me.

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