reverie

A series by Nadia Osei

Two Languages, One Notebook

Prayer, rain and what a house remembers — three poems about carrying a mother's language into one that was never quite built to hold it.

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3 poems · In the order the poet chose · 20 September 2026

01What 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
02Two 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 readings
03Small Inheritance“Her keys still turn the lock, though she does not.”“Her keys still turn the lock, though she does not.”Small InheritanceQuick read