POET’S MOTHER
by Adam Usman Garko
The night sauntered in—
A black-haired angel
Amid fire a messenger sent
eye’s prey her muse bleeds
A voice echoes the length of abyss—
And desperation could be any angel
In this deep year of eating prayer
living in past & in present trauma
then dust would signify a body meant
to die before the sun goes so lonely
At night the lion so strong the death unholy
To hold the soul of a poet’s mother —
where are any of God’s hands?
POET'S MOTHER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adamu Usman Garko is a student of Gombe high school, in Gombe state. He is a poet and story writer. His work has previously appeared at Blueprint newspaper, The Arts-muse Fair, poetry planet, Praxis magazine online. He was a finalist for the 2018 International Cultural Exchange for Wole Soyinka, (WSICE ). And he was the Artist of the Month “September” 2018, of Yasmin El-Rufai Foundation.
