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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Three Wet Dreams by Benson Eluma
I sleep in laps. Wake up, rest from sleep like resting from work, then return to sleep-work.What is this shadow that follows me in the dark, despairing when the switch…
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Three Poems by Kunle Okesipe
Today, as the sun crosses the turban of Saturn,a unicorn will run across your midriff,avoid violence but do not lower your weapon.As the planets enter the seventh house of the…
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Three Poems by Toni Kan
I sit by the sea shoreAnd dilute the ocean with my tearsSalt becomes sea becomes saltChoice is a burden heavier than deathAnd this broken heart knows it wellBut Bar Beach…
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