The Clerestory Podcast S1 E25

The Oklahoma Tenant Farmer and Me
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Naomi Waweru

Naomi Waweru (she/her) is inspired by love, vulnerability, the yearning of bodies to be free in their connection and has an eye for tradition and culture. Her writings present an adoration for the body. She portrays it as your first sanctuary. She has works on and forthcoming on Merak magazine, a voice from far away webzine, Ghost Heart Literary Journal, Kalahari Review, Poems for the Start of the World Anthology, Ampleremains, Afroliterary journal, Overheard Magazine, Artmostterrific, Lolwe and The African Writers Review. Reach her on Twitter @ndutapoems and Instagram @_ndutapoems.

poem In this poem, the body asks to be tangible.

... in In this poem, the body asks to be over-feeling. 

poem The creases on your palms draw road maps to your body.

I learnt of loss and how it attaches itself to your body

poem The Anatomy of Grief

That December, the dust did not settle properly on his sister's graveyard.

poem The night of your baptism

The night of your baptism, your native name sounded like a bullet, lodging itself beneath your tongue...

poem I have a tribute that stretches from my navel.

I have a tribute that stretches from my navel to the place where my mother hangs her rosary and this is where you kneel because, this is not the only part of the poem that may need a little worship.