Editorial: In Hoping, We Ascend
In Hoping, We Ascend “Transcending” is the derived theme for issue 35, and I cannot help but say how delighted we are to curate this edition. From issue 29, September…
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Where the Dead Can Finally Die
ii [12:00am] A boy cannot ignore the tantrums in every repose. Nothing remains calm that is calm forever. Even the Dead: His father, ghost-rizzling into the dried leaves …
What the Medicine Man Said & Soccer Viewing Centre
WHAT THE MEDICINE MAN SAID The advert blasting from the megaphone on the dusty, white van bordered on vitriol. The advert was for herbal medicine & the speaker had a…
Ode to Homeliness & Other Poems
WHAT IT IS ABOUT NAMES every word i say is an alley between two walls [worlds] it’s the story of my name as melodies void of recognition as the stench…
this journey ends as an infinite poem
with leaflets from the book of Psalms, i create this paper boat, & add wings to it so i can paddle down the seas of time. the memories of…
Happiness is a Boat & The Plight of a Heart at War with God
Happiness is a Boat after Sadiq Oyekanmi’s “paper boat” v. death is fluid it will flow into every household someday and if it tries to drown you in its…
Dear Brother
(After Hassan Taiwo) for my brother, Ariyo Sodiq Bodies wrinkled into the hands of time, flung into different paths like the dispersal of birds at the throw of small stones…
Two Legs and other poems
TWO LEGS OR ДВЕ НОГИ TWO LEGS Two legs, And just one head on top, Has the shape Of a dog’s head. I can’t touch you. Your body is cold.…
The Fetus or O Feto
Translated by Cliff E. Landers THE FETUS It’s true, that fetus lying there on the ground wasting away in the middle of the garbage, was mine, yes sir, why should…
Babylon is a Bitch
That doctor’s surgery was always full, but it was made worse today by the start of the Christmas holidays. It needed only one child to come down with a…