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...
1 Japa is to slough off the skin To learn to swim upstream Mouth open and panting like fish Because...
From the onset, Nomad, the Nigeria Prize for Literature-winning collection of over sixty poems by Romeo Oriogun, shows something striking,...
The letters arrive like weather without warning. We have decided… further evidence required… decision pending… Each sentence colder than January...
The Forward Prizes for Poetry has announced their 2025 shortlists, celebrating exceptional poetic talent across the UK and Ireland, per...
When the Almighty decided to show off,
he gave me an eternal gift etched
in bespectacled gaze and verdant beards.
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...
World Poetry Day 2024 witnessed a spectacular celebration of words, culture and creativity as lNigerian poets and their counterparts from...
Who was Abami Eda? You mean Fela? Oh, that strange being! Funny you should say so, Abami Eda means strange...
The literary hub of Montreal once again opens its arms to the world’s poets as the prestigious Montreal International Poetry...
