harmattan rain-
the blanket of dust settles in
a refugee camp as gunpowder
wobbling ammo vehicle-
a wild wavelet quenches
the captain’s cigar
weeping willow
a wet leaf
slips a widowed bird
war rubble
falling slowly
before the hanging crucifix
Richeal Barnes
Richeal Barnes is a Ghanaian Poet and a student-nurse at the Ankaful Nurse's Training College in Cape Coast. Her poems have appeared or forthcoming in Haikuniverse, Writers Space Africa, WGM magazine, SpillWords Press, and the Ghana Poetry Festival Anthology among others.
