adanne wrenn

adanne wrenn is one of the many voices of Rebecca Odim. this pen name is an ode to her Igbo and Black American heritage, and matrilineal anchors. drawing on her love of haiku and photography as art forms that capture moments in time, she writes to create a place for herself in everything that is living and has lived.originally from Brooklyn, she currently calls Washington, DC home.

does this waxing moon rush?

does this waning moon worry?like breath exhaled through lips
reaching the very edge of existence
like perennial, dormant, I
disappear, burrow
this is my nature
empty space, to fill it again
in the next sliver of timedoes this waxing moon rush?work at pace
spinning, orbiting
hurrying will not bring fullness
more quickly
pour until, kiss the brim
when the time is right
I am whole already

Angels of the Diaspora don't live where you think

Who do you pray to
protector of whom, at what costSelf-proclaimed master saw in
his story, Moses’s – he
the righteous escaped slave
undermined by evil uprisingDo you not think
master called on
warrior angel to fight
his battlesDo not be mistaken by
Saint Michael’s black face
spread across oceans
in “new masks” eitherMy horns are no mask
Me and him – we are not kin
Angels watch from the sky
precariousStrip away man-made masks to
root inside
your lineage
your power
your chi
you will find me
Ikenga

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