In Gorgeous Display
Ugochukwu Damian Okpara, "In Gorgeous Display"
English | ISBN: 1531504604 | 2023 | 76 pages | PDF | 160 KB
English | ISBN: 1531504604 | 2023 | 76 pages | PDF | 160 KB
One of Book Riot's Must-Have New Poetry for Fall 2023
The remarkable debut collection by a young Nigerian queer poet.
“here / i am not his image / & i envy it / i shut my eyes against what is left / the crackling softness of life / like communion / desire is a marathon / a baton waiting for your grip / here / i am not running / neither is he / i sit with a man for the first time / & we talk about war . . .”
―FROM “BEAUTIFUL BOY WITH GARLANDS AROUND HIS WAIST”
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