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Nadia Osei
Two languages, one notebook. Trusts the shorter poem.
WritesFree verseTanka
Joined 20 September 2026 · 11 poems · 9 readings received · 11 written · 2 followers
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11 readings written · 9 received
01The Other Way to Count“My daughter holds up three fingers,”“My daughter holds up three fingers,”The Other Way to Count1 reading02The Word for Both“My mother's one word”“My mother's one word”The Word for BothQuick read1 reading03Recipe, Unwritten“She never measured anything.”“She never measured anything.”Recipe, UnwrittenQuick read04The Word for It“In one language, the word for stranger”“In one language, the word for stranger”The Word for ItQuick read1 reading05What I'd Keep“if the house was going”“if the house was going”What I'd KeepQuick read1 reading06Neither Word“There's a word for this feeling”“There's a word for this feeling”Neither Word1 reading07Thirty Percent“The forecast gives it seventy”“The forecast gives it seventy”Thirty PercentQuick read1 reading08Studio Portrait, Accra, 1974“In the photograph my mother is nineteen”“In the photograph my mother is nineteen”Studio Portrait, Accra, 19741 reading09Small Inheritance“Her keys still turn the lock, though she does not.”“Her keys still turn the lock, though she does not.”Small InheritanceQuick read10Two Words for Rain“My mother's language has two words for rain —”“My mother's language has two words for rain —”Two Words for Rain2 readings11What My Mother Prayed in the Other Language“She prayed in the language I was taught to lose,”“She prayed in the language I was taught to lose,”What My Mother Prayed in the Other Language
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Nadia Osei's own poems, grouped and ordered by them.