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love "wash it down with shwarma and radiohead!"

Beautiful

Eid Mubarak!

Eid Mubarak!

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The first line *snaps*

Oh! I’m laid out! Bless!

Those were really great poems, Dinladi!

Danladi*

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"I want that ache again, a hunger to watch the evening with" wow

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

beautiful!!!!

Thank you for sharing your poetry with us, that was wonderful.

Tremendous! Thank you so much!

stunning poems, as always, Chekwube!

Gorgeous. And beautiful reading.

Thank you, that was incredible!

thank you all <33

Beautiful! Thank you!

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Chekwube Danladi — https://www.codanladi.comLogan February - https://ouidabooks.com/product/in-the-nude-2/ https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/the-recluse/issue-17/logan-february

how does poetry shape your connection and memories of home while creating a home / living abroad?

wow, beautiful

Beautiful poems

Wow.

"i am a suspect of nothing,” wow

Say that.

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Chekwube Danladi — https://www.codanladi.comLogan February - https://ouidabooks.com/product/in-the-nude-2/ https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/the-recluse/issue-17/logan-february

wonderful reading!

Your poems go straight to the heart, thank you for your gorgeous words <3

Woo! Such nourishment here. Thank you both. I wondered if you might share about your process of organizing your poetry collections? How did you approach order? How did you decide what made the “cut”? What did not (and why)?

That onion analogy - a swift and powerful illustration, that speaks to being between places.

This is such an extraordinary event. So much beauty and pain and beauty in pain.

Chekwube Danladi — https://www.codanladi.comLogan February - https://ouidabooks.com/product/in-the-nude-2/ https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/the-recluse/issue-17/logan-february

Oh! Look away and look back. Love that! Bless! And revising in clusters, lovely.

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Chekwube Danladi — https://www.codanladi.comLogan February - https://ouidabooks.com/product/in-the-nude-2/ https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/the-recluse/issue-17/logan-february

Beautiful. Emotional guiding. Atmosphere. Mood! Yes. I’m also trying not to be too neat, so this is really helpful. Thank you.

THANK you so very much for a lovely reading!

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Thank you Thank you Thank you! Best part of my day!

So grateful I caught this reading! Thank you!

thank you, everyone :)