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K. Desireé Milwood
K. Desireé Milwood is a Brooklyn born Panamanian American poet and author, whoseworks include Poems for My Namesake in 2016, A Womb of Violet: An Anthology in 2019. Her work has been featured on Def Poetry Jam: An Evening of Healing, Power & Poetry. K. Desireé is also front woman for The Band Called Fuse, with albums such as Sucker Punch Gospel, Impossible Dream& the Rise Together Live album & concert movie.
Does my name come up
in your prayers as much as
it does your gossip?
I woke up beaming
Back at the sun. She has com-
petition today.
For Raggedy Ann
I know what it’s like
To be made up of others
Discarded remnants
Taken from Poems for My Namesake
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