Tagged: Ify Agwu

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Linger Still

  • April 14, 2012

By Soji Cole That black Friday When the canoe berthed by the bank You entered as a passenger Oh, how can you be so unsuspicious! Not to know that the[...]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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A Dance Unspent

  • March 31, 2012

by Peter Akinlabi   Say there was a dance unspent in you, a certain aversion to twine in the soul-shifting plunge into the  spell of the transformative pond;   or[...]

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Lit Mag · Poetry

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Night Too Soon

  • March 31, 2012

For Ify Omalicha, prima ballerina by Yomi Ogunsanya   It is night too soon in the house, and not time for matinée The lead dancer’s feet have strayed beyond the[...]

Lit Mag · Non-fiction

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Tonight I Deleted Ify Omalicha

  • March 31, 2012

by Ayodele Olofintuade   Tonight I deleted Ify Omalicha’s phone number from my contacts. The number has not been on my phone for long, just barely 3weeks old. It’s strange actually[...]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Dreaming Journeys

  • March 31, 2012

(for Ify Agwu) By Jumoke Verissimo   i   Dreams should not lose their way But when they wander into The garage of graveyards and ghostly towns What poem will[...]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Death

  • March 31, 2012

by Odetomi Festus Olasumbo Oh death You who pitch your tent Above everyman’s roof Your name dreadful The breath of man You make less meaningful Your time and tide Predicted by[...]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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A Friend’s Tribute

  • March 31, 2012

by Sophia Agbasiere   GOODBYE OMALICHA Goodbye, Omalicha And without anger I, myself, am not upset Goodbye as you sojourn Without much  ado Goodbye provided you are safe May he[...]

Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag

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Now That Dreams Are Born

  • March 31, 2012

by Sunmaila Umaisha (IFY OMALICHA’s collection of poems, Now that dreams are Born, published by Kraftgriots, 2011, p.141.) The Nigerian literary scene is fast becoming famous for churning out promising[...]