When the Almighty decided to show off,
he gave me an eternal gift etched
in bespectacled gaze and verdant beards.
The literary hub of Montreal once again opens its arms to the world’s poets as the prestigious Montreal International Poetry...
Who was Abami Eda? You mean Fela? Oh, that strange being! Funny you should say so, Abami Eda means strange...
Nothing counts For sacred In a benighted land Of bewigged kangaroos Profaning the temple In cahoots with cows As cattle...
1. Enigmata. You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yet Aligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed...
With the current state of the world, it could be difficult to process all the things that make the news,...
Five more excerpts from the forthcoming Augusta’s Poodle (Poems of Childhood) by Ogaga Ifowodo XVIII Suddenly, the wizened old poet...
Every war bequeaths on us a new vocabulary Of death and suffering and carnage We learn of new words and...
In the heart of Africa, my mother, she be movin’ and groovin’ with them threads, Craftin’ a masterpiece of strength...
English PEN, in collaboration with Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann and the Estate of Seamus Heaney, has announced the launch of...
World Poetry Day 2024 witnessed a spectacular celebration of words, culture and creativity as lNigerian poets and their counterparts from...
From the onset, Nomad, the Nigeria Prize for Literature-winning collection of over sixty poems by Romeo Oriogun, shows something striking,...
