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
3 Poems by Babatunde-olotu Olúwatosin
In this chaos called my body Grief is the mother of all voyages – Romeo Oriogun I hang my head in a cloud of nostalgia. often, i find myself attempting…More
A Quest for Sobriety – 2
Meet Olo, Alice’s husband, again. He is still lying on an armchair in his living room, snoring away his Saturday. He will wake up soon enough with a splitting headache…More
Restless Like a Boy by Chigozie Chukwu-ike
“If you like keep laughing like you picked up a ten kobo coin until I bring my cane.” Mama yelled from the bedroom. But Kosi didn’t stop tickling me. As…More
How I Became a Demon
For boys like me, who sprouted from a broken home, joy is an impossible currency. The last time I saw my mother was thirteen years ago, in a pool of…More
3 Poems by Jeremy Karn
There Are More / No Beautiful Things Than Chantal(After reading: 1st John 4:18) I On the other hand / you…More
“A Quest for Sobriety” by Dami Ajayi
The quest for Olo’s sobriety begins one Friday night while his wife sits in a creaking armchair in their living room, staring intermittently at the ticking wall clock, waiting impatiently…More
3 Poems by Jolaade Dipe
bonfire tonight, we are gods re-entering the realm of moans/our breaths hitched/ your fingers savouring redemption beneath me/ i moan in blues/ All time low is breaking the speakers/ you…More