The Pocket of Poems
The anguish from my heart burns like the hot boiling vapor
The painful tears gushing down my eyes weakens my beautiful eyeballs
The thoughts and flashes back of yesterday is a bundle of nightmares
My love flew away without a trace
At age thirteen, Lolo Mrs. Julianna Nwakamma began a long journey to understand the fundamentals of life. As she struggled with the obstacles surrounding life on the street and poverty, she bravely held onto her belief in God and the strength within her family unit to survive.
In her debut collection of poetry, Mrs. Nwakamma speaks from a broken heart, disabled culture, and a fear of the unknown, both in the past and future, within poignant verse that touches on diverse topics and themes that include the sorrows of a long journey, death, unrealistic dreams, a forbidden child, the pain surrounding motherhood, lost love, and much more.
The Pocket of Poems is a collection of free verse that reflects on a Nigerian-American woman’s experiences with the hope of helping others heal from emotional wounds and find a reason to courageously face tomorrow.
The Rivers of Poems
The soil condemns our soaked imaginations
I am the Caesar of the land, the emperor of your shields
I own this place before your ancestors
My war will never seize, until my heritance is restored.
At age thirteen, Lolo Mrs. Juliana Nwakamma began a long journey to understand the fundamentals of life. As she struggled with obstacles surrounding life on the street to poverty, she bravely held onto her belief in God and the strength within her family to survive.
In her second collection of poetry, The Rivers of Poems, Mrs. Nwakamma, a Nigerian American, shares her experience with the passage of time and its effects on culture, love, and loss. Her family and faith shine through in this second book as the leading factor of her everlasting hope of a better tomorrow for all.