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Paper Plane in the Rain by Jide Badmus

2/10/2019

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I wrote my pains—the ones I could
give names to—on a piece of paper
 
& folded them into a plane—of miseries.
I hurled a prayer into heavenly planes.
 
But how do you spell salt in aqueous fonts?
 How do you carry wilting sighs
 
on the wings of an ellipsis?
Fear is bad weather for a flight!
 
How can you tell if god is in a bad mood
& would send rain to crash your kite?            
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George Zaka
17/10/2019 11:57:10 am

The imagery of this piece is deep, I love how the writer paints the picture of how we can take our pains and struggles to God in prayers knowing that only our fears can stop things from happening.

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PHELIX
19/10/2019 04:52:40 am

What an awesome read! Succinct. Profound. Thoughtful. Jide Badmus is no novice at churning out creative pieces, this poem underscores that.

The message is timely. However, a bit of simplicity should have been employed in writing the poem to aid comprehension.

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