Fiction and Poetry

Soliloquy At The Portico
Soliloquy At The Portico | Poem by Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe

Curse tragedy, you say.  You will write a happy poem.    You will talk about…

Reawakening
Reawakening | Poem by Maryam Kekere-Ekun

there’s a lingering tightness in my chest – like a bimini twist on a fishing…

two poems
Two Poems | By Excel Chinagorom Michael

Servitude “I suppose there’s a difference between voluntary and involuntary sacrifice.” – James Moore I…

Three poems
Three Poems | By Victor Chịmbọ

FINDING GOD For Faustina  Sometimes, I watch you from across the room when you are…

Three Poems | By Salama Wainaina

Roses of Sharon  Instead of dwelling  On the thirst of wanting Till my tongue becomes…

three poems
Three Poems | By Emmanuel Somtochukwu Ferdinand

Litany of New Beginning Rogation grips my tongue today, & I stand like a priest…

conversation with strangers
Conversations With Strangers | Fiction By Lydia Mutuku Nzilani

I bump shoulders with vacant busy bodies rushing to their jobs; jobs they don’t really…

Three poems
Three Poems | By Muheez Olawale

Seeking Night Lights    i change channels whenever the TV screens an ad. dreams destroy,…

The Wooden Shack
The Wooden Shack | Fiction by Ndakotsu Abubakar

You have heard Kurugi say countless times that true love does not exist in a…

Contranormative
Contranormative: A Monologue | Poem by Precious Chidera Harrison

Now I think it is a very silly thing                to allow this much alcohol into…