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Revisiting Arrows of Rain by Tade Ipadeola

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  • November 24, 2021
The philosopher’s luxury consists in part of play with thought and phenomena. If, they may say, for example, a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to…
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Of Home and Other Places We Claim — Adeola Opeyemi

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  • November 23, 2021
What happens to them if they can’t diagnose me? They look like they are afraid of not just me but something beyond this austere room. They stay a few feet away, a barrier between us, and make promises. But they won’t come closer. How do you hope to inspect the things you can’t touch? I smile and move towards them, my chains jangling and biting into my ankles. They move back hurriedly. I can see it in their eyes; everything unfamiliar is dangerous.
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Poems by Benson Eluma

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  • October 20, 2021
Myth of the Vestal Virgin It is time to set out for the crossroads.The vestal virgin, mother to all their mothers,Has something for them in the mirror —Image of herself…
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Totems of A New Spring by Tunji Olalere

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  • October 20, 2021
(For XX/X/XX)I The yellow moon is a wary eyeon the antics of the eveningand time folds into shapefor the ears that stalk it Shadows lean into shadowscross-pollinating chaos,the boughs of…
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A Poem by Uche Peter Umezurike

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  • September 1, 2021
River Urashi Green is grey in the enigma of your smile. Your mouth, open: leafy breath mists my lips. Face of the Sphinx teases my thirst to understand this youth…
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Two Poems by Ismail Bala

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  • August 17, 2021
(after Menka Shivdasani) ‘How come your hair is so lustrous?’the tall pianist asked, and she,half-awake, said Kano city was full of lustreand sometimes the place got into your hair. He…
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A Poem by Femi Oyebode

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  • August 16, 2021
‘Who shall now tell of my joy! From her shoulders to her waist, how fair is her proportion! When she moves, she is like branches waved by a gentle breeze.…
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Two Poems by ‘Femi Pope

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  • August 10, 2021
We die at birth We die at birthAnd life is a postmortem journey thereafterEvery breath, a new incisionEvery act, a stripping of fascia from muscleMortality is a congenital (dis)order. Childhood…
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Two Poems by Olajide Salawu

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  • August 9, 2021
Morénikéjì I can add my body to yoursand imaginethat under the ocean tonightwe take a communionagainst the world andwrite our names where the suncannot reach. It will be all darkand…
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Stranger Things Than This — Ope Adedeji

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  • July 24, 2021
Standing under the bright white light that was a stark contrast to the dark clouds outside, Love felt a wave of dizziness that forced her to hold on to a mannequin and shut her eyes. By the time her eyes had stopped rolling, and she could stand without the mannequin’s help, she felt a rush of calm and declared out loud: “My life is going to change today.”
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