Smile

Poems by Ishmail Kamara. He is a writer and performing poet, based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He was born in Mambolo Chiefdom, in northern Sierra Leone. "Smile" is his first collection. It is published by Hafan Books (www.lulu.com/hafan) on behalf of Swansea Asylum Seekers Support. ISBN 9780995496651. "Sometimes / in the twenty-first century / while I was weak and thirsty / I couldn’t speak my own language // I could see but I was blind / roaming the streets / of a green desert city / seeking God’s face / but hard to find // Some other day / in the twenty-first century / I met an angel ...." (The Rich Man’s Empty Closet)