POEMS

 

Journey down this page to read some of Octavia’s published work. (Both the photographs and the titles of poems link to written work.)

 
 
 
 

I will raise another narrative / and its antagonist is you.

“Raise Your Head & Try Again” at Badilisha Poetry X-Change

 
 
 
 
 
 

She had proclaimed / in a combined fit / of wistfulness / she had combs in Abidjan / with names / — Akissi, Ahou Abla, Ama, Adjoua.

“Victory Threads” at Apiary Magazine

 
 
 
 
 
 

Bashira said she would play dead for the summer /  hide in the lushness of her grandmother’s backyard / … on the lookout 
for this hunting season to pass.

“Playing Dead For The Summer” at ForHarriet