A Bridge that Leads to Nowhere
A BRIDGE THAT LEADS TO NOWHERE I am a father again, and one day My son, Isaiah, says “Daddy. I want to be a man” stretching his gum “Oh,…
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Some Verses of Wisdom, & Tonight I Shall Cry My Soul to Peace
SOME VERSES OF WISDOM After reading Mary Oliver Some random days, I just sit out there in the balcony, watching the trees and listening to the birds chirping, whistling…
I Want to Sleep Nigeria Away
i want to sleep Nigeria away shut out the noises in my head blur out the drama in my heart but how do you shut out the portrait of…
Love Aftermath
What’s Love? Can I do without? Leave the heart sober, I’ll make a red hot spring at where the tributary was Something for tourists, in the aftermath Had to pick…
Sadness in my Bone
Sadness in my Bone Geraldine, we should visit the beach often I believe mama’s ghost lives in the current of the wind __ it gallops across the ripples like…
Warri of No Worries
Blue and white painted tricycles, Loudspeakers blast Wizkid and Mr Eazi in cosy corners where virtue is easy. life is easy here, money goes faster than it comes, but not…
A Conversation with Iquo DianaAbasi
Iquo DianaAbasi writes prose, poetry and scripts for radio and screen. Her book, Efo Riro and Other Stories was released in January 2020. An avid student of human nature, Iquo’s…
The Shallow Tales Review announces Poet, Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto as guest poetry editor
We are very excited to announce the amazing Nigerian poet, Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto as poetry guest editor for the 30th issue of TSTR literary magazine. Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto is from Owerri-Nkworji…