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'Gbenga Adeoba, Exodus; “A Short Essay on Drowning”

[Text ID: into that November dark.]

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[jshoulson]

Today’s Poem

Leaving Agadez --'Gbenga Adeoba

They all cling to remains of safety in this truck careening towards Sabha in Libya. They crowd the back, shrouded in a half light haloing their bodies— the broken windows opening into Asmara, Raqqa, Darfur, and other cathedrals of war. When they collate their aches, it is in whispers— a longing to break this ruse, the pact between the smugglers and songbirds governing this region, the insistence of gusts sweeping the desert. Too frail to bear the angst, the kids on board are crying. They are asking their parents if they will make it, if they all won't be sold before they get to Sabha, or Tripoli, where they can make for the waters. But the adults are hesitant. They know they could be sold, they could get caught by the guards who would shout emshi emshi, deporting them back to Agadez, to those camps where comrades who have failed in this quest reside, often staying awake in full moons, mourning dreams forgone.

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‘Gbenga Adeoba, from "A Short Essay on Drowning", Exodus

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Gbenga Adeoba is Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner.

Gbenga Adeoba is Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner.

Gbenga Adeoba was announced as the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner for his manuscript Exodus on March 8, 2019.

The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is backed by philanthropists Laura and Robert FX Sillerman as part of their overall funding of the African Poetry Book Fund. The award honours awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a…

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'Gbenga Adeoba, Exodus; “A Short Essay on Drowning”

[Text ID: each sigh, a resurrection / of unspeakable things.]

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'Gbenga Adeoba, Exodus; “A Short Essay on Drowning”

[Text ID: something, strong as mojo, / speaks to us, catechising our humanity; / a percussion of love.]

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