Poem of the Week

Ama Codjoe was raised in Youngstown, Ohio, and has roots in Memphis and Accra. She has earned several fellowships, including the Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellowship from the creative writing department at New York University.

Untitled (Woman Brushing Hair)

by Ama Codjoe

It’s like this when she takes her hand
to my scalp: eyes close as if tasting

a forkful of lemon cake. I’m the woman
who catches the Holy Ghost on Sunday,
but it’s Monday and the ushers


have shut up their fans. She smoothes my edges
with her fingers before guiding the bristles


from root to end. She believes me
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