Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Caleb Oluwafemi - The Rye
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter

The Rye
Caleb Oluwafemi

You will not take this place

We have come too far
Built with waxed fingertips
Stalls of crayon fruit and kente merchantry
Soaking boast from toiled memory

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
21st century poetry / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

by Matthew Paul

21st Century Poetry / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

by Mary Gilonne

21st Century Poetry / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

by Alistair Findlay

21st Century Poetry / 22 July 2026
22 July 2026

by Mike Jenkins