My Uganda--for Sister Concepta Najjemba
Coulehan, Jack
Primary Category:
Literature /
Poetry
Genre: Poetry
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Annotated by:
- Donley, Carol
- Date of entry: Jan-04-1995
- Last revised: Oct-06-2015
Summary
An African nun, in Pittsburgh, identifies with her home country of Uganda, envisioning the brutality of the civil war, torturing her father and murdering her brother. Her body is like her country--"frightened / delirious / insensate / and holy." Sleepless, she sits on the edge of her bed and prays--"her prayer is sweet, sweet medicine" both for her own distress and, somehow, for her country’s.
Primary Source
First Photographs of Heaven
Publisher
Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
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Nightshade
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
Place Published
Troy, Maine
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