was it beijing? (or a garbled love song)
once I launched myself to space in search desperately of something anything to hold on to. it was a bit like robert son of kelly wailing begging desperate hugs from…More
3 Poems by Jeremy Karn
How we got here how many wonders have you heard about in your life time / the Noah’s flood / the miracles of Jesus or / the tea pot that…More
3 Poems by Praise Osawaru
What Happened, to Me? I miss the daysWhen I’d play soccer with my sisters& run around playing in the choicest mud. I miss the daysWhen I’d worry less about how…More
3 Poems by Precious Okpechi
Spins Are Headlights at Night nothing is blurred & fast sped – close your eyes. this is not how you spin not with outspread arms & after falls – there’s…More
3 Poems by Ayomide Oriolowo
A letter from my dairy What sound does the space between two words make // as I breathe you in and you become sand in my throat / a mist…More
3 Poems by Anthony Okpunor
Song of Nights for those who have been in the war ido not allow your body beg to be taken out or shaken into your throat you will have to…More
3 Poems by Emmanuel Ojeikhodion
Definition of a Body When asked how to define a body in the language of humans, i tell them a body is a tower plastered with lying coloursIt is when…More
A Quest for Sobriety – 4
Alice cooks Olo’s dinner naked save for her batik wrapper draped over her breasts. She boils the meat in a broth spiced with fresh peppers so that the tenderized meat…More
3 Poems by Gift Oyewole
The Boy Grew There was a boyHe ate peaches for breakfast He sang with the birdsHe ran with cheetahsClimbed trees with monkeys Lying on grass fieldsHe fell asleep gazing at…More
A Quest for Sobriety – 3
This is how they met: a plump lady is walking out of the STI Clinic with a cellophane bag as a dapper doctor in an over-sized white coat is walking…More