3 Poems │ Blessing C. Onyekachi
Smoke in My Lungs I never knew what it was until I saw it in my father’s hand;then I was just a lad curious about the world. And the waymy…More
Lost Call & Death’s Bath │ Olinya Ibeh Abuchi │ Poetry
Lost Call We move forward in conjecturesAnd backward in previsions.The bayonets of servitudeWax stronger and impetuousAs the cistern of citizenry,Where compatriots drink from,Has been maggot infested and bacterized. The staff…More
Teach Me How to Swim │ Amal-Sobur Adedokun │ Poetry
come here, watch him bend and jump into the riverhow he breaks the surface every few seconds to laugh at mei write in the poem that i cannot swimthat i…More
Love Is a Chameleon │ Olabimpe Adedamola │ Poetry
Love first came to you as your father on his knees, arching his back for the gate man; his rolls of fat glistening with sweat with the gate man’s arm…More
The Girl Who Would Not Cry │ Rachael Torty │ Poetry
Bitter disappointmentsKnock like long lost relativesAnd stay like hungry leechesThe girl would not cry When her plans fall apartLike a house of strawAnd refuse to stand againThe girl would not…More
An Exploration of Lara Brown’s Once Upon Our Childhood
Book: Once Upon Our ChildhoodAuthor: Lara Brown Lara Brown’s debut novel Once Upon Our Childhood is a coming-of-age story of four teenage girls, the dynamics of their friendship and the…More
Literary Entanglements For Young Poets And Writers, August 2020
Daily news of the still ravaging COVID-19 global pandemic can make your mind restless. Loosen up this summer. Meet new magazines rooting for young adult poets and writers and get…More
3 Poems│Edwin Olu Bestman
Unbeknownst Some years ago,Dad kissed the house goodbye,Left me searching for the name of every line in my palm,Broken like an eagle whose wings have been shot,And my eyes drowning…More
The Exegesis of Her Body│Ajise Vincent│Poem
in her you will come to seethe genesis of voices embedded intwigs of shades. you will come to seequagmires, large like hitler’s armageddon,being drowned under the auspice of tears.you will…More
To a Little Boy from Lagos│Ibrahim Williams│Poem
For Lagosians in recess POETRY walks on the streets in Lagos. It is in the incredible dynamic of life which enacts, like some incandescent power, the moment of each living…More