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    Wildflower
    Wildflower
    Wildflower
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    Wildflower

    By Ibura Ayele and Sarah Blair

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    Wildflower is a meditation on nostalgia, grief, growth, and Black womanhood. In her short collection of poems, Ibura Ayele writes about grappling with her faith and the inevitable changes one faces after a devastating loss. Wildflower is written in an accessible and graceful style meant for readers of

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFifth Ribb Publishing
    Release dateApr 10, 2023
    ISBN9781736789841
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      Wildflower - Ibura Ayele

      Copyright © 2022

      WILDFLOWER

      BY

      IBURA AYELE

      NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed Attention: Permissions Coordinator, at the address below.

      Printed By:

      FIFTH RIBB PUBLISHING COMPANY

      6951 OLIVE BLVD.

      UNIVERSITY CITY, MO 63130

      Printed in the United States of America

      First Printing Edition, 2022

      ISBN 9-781736-789827

      ISBN 9-781736-789841 (e-book)

      For my fearless mother/ best friend/superhero,

      I love you deeper than the ocean and higher than the sky.

      Contents

      Preface

      Mental Health Resources

      THE WOMAN

      Wildflower

      freedom as work in progress

      Love Language

      Baptism

      Tongues

      4216 Clarence Ave.

      Spiders

      THE GRIEF

      new

      7 things my therapist didn’t tell me

      Music Therapy in 4 Noname Lyrics

      Visions of a Bereaved Daughter

      miracle

      Psalm 30:5

      Okay

      Ubuntu

      5.26.20 – journal entry

      Weathering (you will not kill me, too)

      Nostalgia

      Solitude

      Trudge On

      THE LEGACY AND HOW WE GO ON

      Strength

      Love

      Return to Self

      My Prayer

      Stay

      Growing Pains

      When it Manifests

      dream girl part I

      dream girl part II

      Postcard to Heaven

      black girl, fly on

      REFERENCES

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      I write because I am a rebel and I want others like me to know they are not alone.

      – Sherri Rich

      ¹

      1 Sherri Rich was my mother’s stage name for part of her career as a singer/songwriter. This quote comes from a version of her About page on her former website.

      Preface

      I lost my mom to breast cancer

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