This poem is taken from Stand 236, 20(4) December 2022 - February 2023.
Three Poems From A Ugandun Childhood
Skirt with Horses
(Uganda, c.. 1959)
I’m nine or ten – hollow-eyed and pale
– those long, wasted arms – we kneel, little sister and I,
smiling widely: big white teeth,
...
(Uganda, c.. 1959)
I’m nine or ten – hollow-eyed and pale
– those long, wasted arms – we kneel, little sister and I,
smiling widely: big white teeth,
...
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