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Ruth Osman

Leap of Faith

Written when two hundred pilot whales beached themselves on the Australian coast. In memory of the countless kidnapped Africans who jumped…

Apr 13, 2023

Leap of Faith

Apr 13, 2023

Rooted

Excerpt from an afro-surrealist short story.

Dec 5, 2022

Rooted

Dec 5, 2022

Published in
A Cornered Gurl

Black Cake

The time I (almost) ate it all

Oct 10, 2022

Black Cake

Oct 10, 2022

Published in
Lit Up

Only the Lonely

A free verse poem modeled after Edip Cansever’s “The Table”, as prompted in How to Grow Your Own Poem by Kate Clanchy

Oct 10, 2022

Only the Lonely

Oct 10, 2022

Published in
The Lark

All Fall Down

The fragility of life

Oct 8, 2022

All Fall Down

Oct 8, 2022

We are Legion

We are all legion … We hold to the myth of the ‘one’ self, the idea that we are each a person, an autonomous, distinct and unique whole, a…

Aug 21, 2022

We are Legion

Aug 21, 2022

Published in
Lit Up

Making music

A freeform poem about how longing can engender resonance

Jan 3, 2022

Making music

Jan 3, 2022

Published in
Blue Insights

The Weaver*

Acknowledging the inevitable

Dec 28, 2021

The Weaver*

Dec 28, 2021

Published in
Blue Insights

Coffee

The sacredness of a daily ritual

Dec 1, 2021

Coffee

Dec 1, 2021

Published in
Sensual: An Erotic Life

Aches and pains

A micropoem

Nov 11, 2021

Aches and pains

Nov 11, 2021

Ruth Osman

Ruth Osman

Caribbean singer/songwriter/ poet who loves dogs, all things mystical, and solitude. Find me online: https://linktr.ee/ruthosman

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