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WATER MAID by CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO

Poem Explanation

First Line: BRIGHT %WITH THE ARMPIT DAZZLE OF A LIONESS
Last Line: WATERMAID OF THE SALT EMPTINESS, %GROWN ARE THE EARS OF THE SECRET

Poem Sources:

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 4TH EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1998)
 



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