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Poem Up at Kissing Dynamite

Posted on June 2, 2019 by robert okaji

My poem “Clandestine” is live in Issue 6 of Kissing Dynamite. I am grateful to the KD team for taking this piece.

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merrildsmith on June 1, 2019 at 7:16 am said:

Lovely, Robert. Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on June 1, 2019 at 9:02 am said:
  
  Thank you, Merril!
  
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floweringink on June 1, 2019 at 8:54 am said:

Robert, this is amazing!!!!

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- robert okaji on June 1, 2019 at 9:03 am said:
  
  Thanks very much, Susan. I’m proud to have had work in two issues of KD.
  
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Andrew Reynolds on June 1, 2019 at 9:15 am said:

Congratulations! You’re doing a great job of getting your writing out there!

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- robert okaji on June 1, 2019 at 9:42 am said:
  
  Thanks, Andrew. I am nothing if not persistent. 🙂
  
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randyjw on June 1, 2019 at 10:34 am said:

Aw; that’s beautiful, Robert.

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- robert okaji on June 1, 2019 at 10:55 am said:
  
  Thank you, Randy!
  
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  - randyjw on June 1, 2019 at 11:01 am said:
    
    Welcome; congratulations!
    
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stephanielharper on June 1, 2019 at 1:35 pm said:

Reblogged this on SLHARPERPOETRY and commented:
THIS BEAUTIFUL POEM!!! 😍

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- robert okaji on June 2, 2019 at 10:52 am said:
  
  Thank you for reblogging this, Steph!
  
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Jazz Jaeschke on June 1, 2019 at 1:42 pm said:

Mmmmmm … ” our love smelts tears into nuggets” will be buzzing in my brain for a while! (Looking back, seems tears in the now adding up to future gold nuggets may be one of the best-kept secrets kissing the dark quiet of immaturity.)

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- robert okaji on June 2, 2019 at 10:53 am said:
  
  I believe that it takes a while to reach the dark quiet!
  
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rivrvlogr on June 1, 2019 at 5:14 pm said:

Congratulations, Bob.
“Our secrets kiss the dark quiet.” – Just as they should.

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- robert okaji on June 2, 2019 at 10:54 am said:
  
  They should, but seldom seem to. 🙂
  
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  - rivrvlogr on June 2, 2019 at 4:16 pm said:
    
    One of those things that ceases to be once spoken.
    
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memadtwo on June 1, 2019 at 9:46 pm said:

wonderful, congratulations (K)

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- robert okaji on June 2, 2019 at 10:54 am said:
  
  Thank you, Kerfe.
  
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Ali Grimshaw on June 3, 2019 at 9:06 am said:

Lovely poem. Congrats on having your voice shared one again.

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- robert okaji on June 3, 2019 at 12:02 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Ali. It’s always thrilling!
  
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  - Ali Grimshaw on June 3, 2019 at 6:51 pm said:
    
    Agreed.
    
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Chivishra on June 5, 2019 at 9:55 am said:

Wow, great work.

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- robert okaji on June 5, 2019 at 3:56 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much!
  
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⁂ on June 7, 2019 at 3:33 pm said:

Beautiful. I reblogged. It’s just so lovely…

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- robert okaji on June 8, 2019 at 7:01 am said:
  
  Thank you for reblogging, Gwen Ann. Much appreciated.
  
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