1 Japa is to slough off the skin To learn to swim upstream Mouth open and panting like fish Because...
Five excerpts from the forthcoming Augusta’s Poodle (Poems of Childhood) by Ogaga Ifowodo XI But how much do I...
The letters arrive like weather without warning. We have decided… further evidence required… decision pending… Each sentence colder than January...
1. Enigmata. You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yet Aligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed...
Akeem Lasisi has once again brought his artistry to the forefront, collaborating with Edaoto for the release of their vibrant...
Greatness interrupted A promising future truncated Unbeknownst, she boarded Charon’s ferry Hijacked by fiends in search of quarry Hippocrates was...
When the Almighty decided to show off,
he gave me an eternal gift etched
in bespectacled gaze and verdant beards.
When I write poetry, I try to draw from a well deep within my soul, sometimes, this well dries up...
Alex Pausides' poem was poignant and evocative - "When I am silent, it is not that words are lacking" while Edelmis Anocento confeɔronted change and viccissitudes with "I build my house with autumn leaves/From last year's death gasp."
World Poetry Day 2024 witnessed a spectacular celebration of words, culture and creativity as lNigerian poets and their counterparts from...
In the heart of Africa, my mother, she be movin’ and groovin’ with them threads, Craftin’ a masterpiece of strength...
Every war bequeaths on us a new vocabulary Of death and suffering and carnage We learn of new words and...
