On this page are some of my own words, inspired by life, created to inspire life.

Here, you’ll find writing through the below portals of discovery, all soulful, some more spiritual, some experimetnal, some embodied.

Please enjoy.

Essay Nkem Chukwumerije Essay Nkem Chukwumerije

Pain body, pleasure body.

“How can I claim the pleasure without the pain? It is the pain, or the absence of sensation, that eventually makes sensation, and even pleasure, available for embrace. It is this polarity that is the foundation for life's inherent music.”

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Fiction Nkem Chukwumerije Fiction Nkem Chukwumerije

The Pace of Trust

“She wasn't sure where her intrigue would take her, but as long as she felt willing and able to keep walking, she'd allow herself to find out.”

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Creative Nonfiction Nkem Chukwumerije Creative Nonfiction Nkem Chukwumerije

Another day.

“I can't help but cling to the heat like I'm clinging to mama and the warmth of her heart; at times a gentle radiation of love, at times a fire that obliterates toxicity and purifies matter into love itself, at times a scorching […] that can destroy life. I'm attracted to it all.”

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Poetry Nkem Chukwumerije Poetry Nkem Chukwumerije

Poetry in the pain

“Poetry is the multiorgasmic / experience of life, devoid of trying. / It is to sense the rising tide, heart full / with anticipation and mirth and abandonment. / And wild abandon. For nothing can stop the flow.”

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"Tell me a story about anxiety."

“There, too, my anxiety felt at home. My fast-moving legs through Grand Bazaar, overstimulated by sounds and senses and smells on my way to sip the black tea that would be absorbed by the creamy crunch of Künefe between my four front teeth.”

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Creative Nonfiction Nkem Chukwumerije Creative Nonfiction Nkem Chukwumerije

6/18/2021

“The inner world was calling for my softness — my surrender. My old methods of constant pushing and doing were no longer effective. My process and practice of expression had shifted.”

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