CHRISTMAS ON THE NILE by Kola Boof

Books by Kola Boof

Nile River Woman (Poems, Feb. 10, 2004) / Long Train to the Redeeming Sin-Stories About African Women (April 6, 2004)

Flesh and the Devil: A Novel (May 11, 2004) / Diary of a Lost Girl (2007)

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Christmas on the Nile

By Kola Boof

She is mighty-mighty
(and I remember her)

I remember her toes
piercing the bloody Nile; the
glimpse of leg
beneath wool

I remember her blackness
—so sheer and deep like the
slippery hue of a charcoal panther

beauty abstract and beguiling.

I remember the roundness of her face,
the diamonds in her eyes...and the
merriment of a hair like
wool: salt-jagged and knotty.

On Jesus birthday; I remember
the Holy/unforgettable

(*A poem about Kola's mother)

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