Hello
After Anthony M. Kwavah
When a poem finds me in the midst of people,
I bend my body to trap it and scrape its surface.
I go with a few words—anything enough to exchange pleasantries.
To find its delight.
To let her know me.
When I bend in my welcome,
I give her my hand,
like paying off a public transport fare,
and I ask,
How far can you take me?
She smiles rather shyly, like the sun using clouds as her cover.
What gives her light away must be the wind.
I allow myself to stay cool, trusting that she will take me home.
Richard De-Graft Tawiah is a writer/spoken word poet from Shama in the Western Region ofGhana. He is a 2022-2023 Nadèli Creative Cafe Bootcamper. His works have appeared or areforthcoming in the Global Writers Project, Decolonial Passage, GhanaianWriters, NadèliCreative Company, and elsewhere.
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