Abdulrazaq Salihu

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I tell my story, from the genesis
Of Sarkin pawa like country song

On a patriot’s mouth. The radio
Flourishes in broken signals in a distance

That is yet to be of us,
My not yet [dead] father; perfume

In the world, whistles to the rhythm
Of a sad song.

I cannot let the evening take
My people away, I cannot sing

With my people’s tongue,
I sway & sway, till the story goes

Far from my mouth
Even farther from being told.

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Abdulrazaq Salihu is a Poet and member of the Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation. He has works published/forthcoming in Bracken, Eunoia Review, Poetry Column, Poetry Archive, Poetry Quarterly, Jupiter Review, Masks Lit Mag, and others. He won the 2022 Masks Lit Mag poetry award, the Nigerian prize for teen authors, Splendors of Dawn poetry contest and a suite of other prizes. He tweets @Arazaqsalihu and on instagram: Abdulrazaq._salihu