Victoria-based poet publishes book on selfhood and complexity of nostalgia

Victoria-based poet publishes book on selfhood and complexity of nostalgia

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Nostalgia by Rahma O. Jimoh

Fadeyi wakes me with train whistlesor the call to prayer, unlike home,where Dad’s voice rouses me from sleep,sometimes the cock crowingbeside my window. I haven’t hearda cock crow in months.Those who leave home soon develop eyesthat notice the potholes on the road back.Not me, I now adore home more thanbefore my feet hurried me outbefore my head led me down the pathof destiny, my wings fluttered out—I was only just a butterfly: innocent,ignorant…