Poetry by Abraham Aondoana
The Umbrella That Refused
The umbrella refused to open.
The raindrops were courteous on its surface,
then danced elsewhere.
People stared,
some annoyed,
some enchanted.
I carried it anyway,
as in possession of a little uprising.
in my lap,
like walking with a thought
that had legs of its own.
It didn’t shelter me,
but it made me look.
It made me believe
a little in nonsense.
Abraham Aondoana is a writer, poet and novelist. He is a recipient of Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop 2026. His works has been published in Kalahari Review, Prosetrics Magazine, Rough Diamond Poetry, The Cat Poetry Anthology, IHTOV, The Literary Nest, Ink Sweat and Tears (UK), Rogue Agent, Ink in Thirds Magazine, Interwoven Anthology (Renard Press), Writing on the Wall, Alien Buddha, Blasphemous Journal, Rust Belt Review, Speculative Insights and elsewhere.
