Shea

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SHEA

fruitful tree
gold in a woman’s hand
i am
bulbous bright bodied
ringed and rooted
for you
for your babies babies dipped in river water
i grow
under
over ground
serpent a moat
lay the children
*fear

they may flick a match or thousands
i will be here
the flame and i have made agreements
we will recognize y(our water) walk
when it come
the soft thunder in your wrists and knees
when you bend

i hear your grandmother echo
she was my first butter baby
we bloomed similar
she carried
my fragrance
medicine
across diaspora
bodies of herwater
with the help
of a persevering wind
a heat

so slather my resilience
coat your crackling spirit
receive me
receive me
a steady nourishment
that does not need the myth
of time
to act.

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from S A L V E, released August 8, 2020

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NASRA Edmonton, Alberta

NASRA is a queer, Muslim, Oromo multidisciplinary artist living in Amiskwaciywaskahikan (Edmonton)/ Youth Poet Laureate of Edmonton 2017. Founder of Black Arts Matter. 2017 Recipient of the Mayor’s Emerging Artist award.NASRA’s chapbook A God Dance in Human Cloth was the co-recipient of the BP Nichols National Chapbook award in 2019. Their newly released EP “Salve” is their latest call to healing. ... more

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