Whispers in Passing
written by: Richeal Barnes
funeral evening
my father crocheting solace
with the widow
river bank
the dialogue of toads discloses
the end of the dream
weeping willow
a rain-stricken leaf
slips a widowed bird
wobbling ship
a stray wavelet quenches
the captain’s cigar
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, WGM magazine, The Journal of African Youth Literature, and the Ghana Poetry Festival Anthology.
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- Whispers in Passing - March 30, 2025
