The First Sigh(t) of Spring by Nana T. Baffour-Awuah

She peeked out

So quiet and coy

Hesitant, insistent

Teasing, but

Barely revealing herself

Yet she was there—

Here

Unmistakable and triumphant:

Spring.

Nana T. Baffour-Awuah is a Ghanaian writer currently based in New York. His writings have been published by Arcana Poetry Press, African Writer Magazine, HuffPost, The Good Men Project, New African, and others. He is currently working on his first novel. IG: @whatnanawrote