Fiction and Poetry

poems
“Time After Time” & “Buy Her an Air Fryer” | Poems by Sheila Ngei

Time After Time  Like a rain cloud,  there’s a heaviness I come carrying  a weight…

The Geometry of Nonsense
The Geometry of Nonsense | Poem By Obongofon Etuk

1. An Adult Dwarf The dwarf grew up last Saturday  in a breath not in…

Mine Too Counts
“Mine Too Counts” Review: Agbeye Oburumu Gives Voice to the Pains of the Nigerian Masses

What Agbeye Oburumu offers in Mine Too Counts is a chorus that runs through the…

poems
“I Give You Softness” and Other Poems | By Olobo Ejile

I Give You Softness I am sending you stars through this morning mist, sending roses…

Àtìpó: The Stranger I Have Become
“Àtìpó: The Stranger I Have Become” and Other Poems | by Olamoyegun Noah O

Àtìpó: The Stranger I Have Become In the trenches, darkness chewed my bones, spitting out…

Two Poems
Two Poems | By Salama Wainaina

Verses that Spring from a Dying Lily of the Valley Prologue: (My vanity, twisted as…

Dearth Warning Signs
Dearth Warning Signs | Poem By Peace Ogunjemilua

skipping meals like fleeing sins: they say fasting draws you closer to God, but i…

three poems
Three Poems | By Olamoyegun Noah O

The Paradox of Progress They said we’d be free— but we’re tied down, each breath…

two poems
Two Poems | By Tukur Ridwan

Lagos Honeymoon I look around, savouring nature’s  fashion sense and colour riots. Beautiful cityscape, even…

The Dreamer | Short Story By Ornguze Nashima Nathaniel

You hate the policeman two blocks away from your house, but you want to be…