prospectus of little fragile things
Girls who marry early are more likely to experience domestic violence and suffer from mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, as a result of early and often forced unions - Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA
In this poem, at least someone has to say something.
how not to tether my body
into cordages of silence.
In this poem, at least someone has to say something.
how not to tether my body
into cordages of silence.
how not to carve into a wilted flower.
for here breed in sullen metaphors.
a girl fails at sanity. she splatter
into demijohns of inebriety. she
sloshes like the riot of acid rains.
for here breed in sullen metaphors.
a girl fails at sanity. she splatter
into demijohns of inebriety. she
sloshes like the riot of acid rains.
another girl, call her exhibit A.
a cynosure of broken woes,
gleaning from fetal distresses.
say she becomes the hunted
lily in the palms of her lover.
a cynosure of broken woes,
gleaning from fetal distresses.
say she becomes the hunted
lily in the palms of her lover.
have you imaged her an exit of
a petal dream? sometimes a
girl's body slithers into an
evening grass. & the dried
a petal dream? sometimes a
girl's body slithers into an
evening grass. & the dried
survival strand wriggles like
a picturesque of her fallen
breasts. Isn't she an appen-
dage of a bumpy solemni-
a picturesque of her fallen
breasts. Isn't she an appen-
dage of a bumpy solemni-
zation? yesterday resonated
with a girl whose body
held a pool of
micturition. here, we
seldom own our bodies
with a girl whose body
held a pool of
micturition. here, we
seldom own our bodies
in one piece of unity. say
what's the honour of
little breasted things?
Isn't our pelvises cater-
pillared into stale bodies
of grief? nothing ready
the bodies in travail.
what's the honour of
little breasted things?
Isn't our pelvises cater-
pillared into stale bodies
of grief? nothing ready
the bodies in travail.
think on me. think of my sisters
who hold femininity as a packet-
card of questionnaires. think
again before we fizzle into
relics of historical things.
who hold femininity as a packet-
card of questionnaires. think
again before we fizzle into
relics of historical things.
BIO:
Chinemerem Prince Nwankwo, SWAN IV, is a final year student of the Department of History and International Studies, University of Uyo, Nigeria. He is the Poetry Editor, The Cloudscent Journal and the Assistant Poetry Editor, Arkore Arts. He was shortlisted for Sevhage-KSR Hyginus Ekwuazi Poetry Prize, 2023 and was placed as the Second Runner Up, SprinNG Annual Poetry Prize, 2023. He tweets @ CPNwankwo.
