Poems by Benson Eluma
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
(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
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
(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
‘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
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
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
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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Factory Baby — Frances Ogamba
The child stops smelling like a child. The perfumed powders and lotions do not deter the sharp burning smell that creeps into my room each time he wails. Then he gives off an intensely musky smell, like the ripe yellow mucus dripping from the nose, or the slime coming off the body of fish.
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John Mayer Evokes Nostalgia With Sob Rock – Jerry Chiemeke
The record takes music enthusiasts back to the MTV music videos of the time: Cyndi Lauper wouldn’t stop screaming about how “girls just want(ed) to have fun”, Paul Young complained about an unfaithful lover on “Everytime You Go Away”, and Prince brought down the house on “Purple Rain”
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