Sunday, April 5, 2009


Flood barks.
The delicate terrain
shifts to the
desert.

By Oritsegbemi Emmanuel Jakpa

1 comment:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Oritsegbemi Emmanuel Jakpa lives in Ireland. His poetry has been published in a number of online and print journals including the African American Review, and an Irish-Canadian anthology. He is a Yeats' Pierce Loughran Scholar.

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