Three Poems
By Dami Ajayi Falling in Love Between reality and angst: existential and muddled a second outlasts eternity: vice versa. The flutter of heart valves is mechanical Like falling[…]
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In Conversation with Bassey Ikpi
by Kola Tubosun I first came across her work on YouTube, a couple of years ago, where she performed a number of hair-raising poems at the now discontinued DefJam series.[…]
The Cold Stale
By Nwachukwu Egbunike Advocate tolerance Admit no tolerance Say plenty Say nothing Deride hate Use hate Make a temple of love Make the shrine that hurts Deify freedom[…]
Bone of my Bone…
by Benson Eluma At the intersection of Amber Junction a vessel of vestal piss for they know their gods’ inner wish to have pus poulticed… Not me; it[…]
Conversation with Tade Ipadeola
Tade Ipadeola is a lawyer and poet. He lives in Ibadan. His third volume of poetry, The Sahara Testaments is on the shortlist of the NLNG Nigerian Prize for Literature (along with[…]
Three Poems by Echezonachukwu Nduka
My Sin on a Sunday Morning Sinners must go to hell or so I’m told. That is, if they repent not. Preachers’ picture of hell is doom. Hell[…]
Three Poems by Peter Akinlabi
Night I have thought these importunate ruins painting your face brighter as something sinuous, something that is capable of rousing a broken ghost to the will of flesh […]