by Nnorom Azuonye BROKEN SCALES DOT DOT DOT. Ikhide’s scale is broken. My scale is thriving really well and will never break. God forbid bad thing. Ikhide is putting[…]
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A Letter to Dumi
(A story of two old lovers meeting again after 15years) By Ayodele Olofintuade Do you remember the night we first met? It was at your birthday party, you were[…]
Five Poems by Elnathan John
DINNER TIME Do we sometimes bask in our delusions, And become tourists in lands that never were? -Anon. I am not fooled By this cool wind In my face I[…]
Four Cowries
poems by Ikhide Ikheloa _____________ DM (For you, Dambudzo Marechera, for things that make no sense, because we are afraid…) Bloody December.Ogun prowls the catacombs. And myrmidons of darkness[…]
Saro Wiwa’s Waiting War
(for Ken Saro Wiwa) By Emmanuel Uweru Okoh My keen cry to Kenule: I, Fubara, of disjointed Fishnet and gaping boat, from the land of kernel Back feeling and staggering[…]
Taps for Summer: Seven Seasons, Alien Seasons
by Ikhide Ikheloa For you … I have this note that says call me tomorrow Tomorrow never comes because I never call you Today never ends because you never[…]