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3 Poems│Haneefah Bello
Wearing a Body In inheriting clothes from my mother,I have begun to wear her body;In wearing her body,I have begun to unravel parts of me thatcarry questions I cannot form…More
Silhouettes│Adesina Ajala
Sometimes, you barely feel it breathe, though it fills out the breadth of your being. Other times, it’s merely a voice in your ears; calling, clanging, clutching the faith in…More
3 Poems│Oghenetega Grey
Scattered Verses of My Letter to God iii. I remember the day you died,It was the same evening pa lost his name.We called him a body.The sky stained himself with…More
3 Poems│Ezekanne F. Paschal
Prints prints are … left overs of dreamslike spittle in the mouth after an unsavoury meal or remnant meatstuck stubbornly in the crawprints are … dust that swirls but never…More
Paid Literary Submissions for Black Women Writers, July 2020
There’s been massive support towards Black writers these past few months with more literary magazines accepting submissions from Black women writers across the spectrum. Our stories matter, Black lives matter.-Oprah…More
Submission│Femi Morgan
Awo OlugbebeConversations with Tope Mark The stretched handsfolded fingers into a collectivethat birthed my great-grandfatherCannot be refusedIt is like a witness to anger in the presence of the oldBut here…More
3 Poems│Olaitan Junaid
Survival i the therapist saysfather can only surviveby chewing cold breezefrom machines breathing inside walls.yet i wonder why his face burns with flamesthat shot so high they even burn the…More
3 Poems│Solomon Sunday (The Pen Healer)
Grief The orbital between a bleeding heart & watery eyesis like the affair between day & night. The former is the aftermath of the later.There are moments that bring you to…More
Bilingualism as a Poetic Tool: A Chat with Kolawole Samuel Adebayo
“Kolawole Samuel Adebayo is an old soul in a young Nigerian body whose poetry seeks to explore and awaken the human consciousness. Kolawole is a poetry reader and editor at…More
Memo│Sharon Onyinyechukwu Okey-Onyema
These are memories you did not beg for. Memories like: 1st April 2019. You are a time bomb. No. Suicide is a time bomb. You are only a figment of…More