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Best Hausa Poems


Amina
I do not know what I'll find
if I pull off your hijab
Perhaps a cobra lurks to bite
Whose venom will kill wit

I've bared my heart into sonnets
Sadly you will never read them- you aren't lettered
You're rather numbered counting naira notes
by the fireside where you fry awara
but...

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Categories: hausa, courage, girl, heart, how
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry