by JB Nuique
A princess and a virgin.
A martyr at eighteen.
A converted Christian.
A native Egyptian.
She’s a great being from the past.
And her story will forever last.
She’s a saint from Alexandria.
From her I’ll name my unica hija.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
J.B. Nuique, aka Giudellius, is a Cebuano-speaking Negrense from the Philippines. She is an August Virgo, an artist and an ink drinker. She loves sunsets, coffee and chocolate cake. She likes rom-com films and other films with women as the main character. She is not athletic but she is interested regarding archery. Other than poetry, she is writing novels about the women in her fictional country of Simetra, and has published "The Kristovas" which she considers a form of greeting. Her Judenne Waters, a Facebook page where she posted most of her works, drawings and poems, during the pandemic, is on hiatus. However, her site giudellius.wordpress.com is somehow active.
