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Day: August 29, 2021

WHAT BRIGHTON SAYS ON A SUMMER EVE & IF LAGOS KNEW (two poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema)
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WHAT BRIGHTON SAYS ON A SUMMER EVE & IF LAGOS KNEW (two poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

If Lagos knew, it would change, if only for one moment
to breath in deep in awe of this nativity
Bethlehem slept but Lagos hustles on another sunny day.
And as another placenta gets buried
Eko’s beauty is crafted in the sound of another infant cry.

ÈKÒ (a poem by Jamiu Ahmed)
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ÈKÒ (a poem by Jamiu Ahmed)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

in this city of crowded histories, where hurrying feet run after
the skyline like a masquerade chasing a lunatic over a pilfered naira note.

A PORTRAIT OF PORT-HARCOURT(a poem by Nket Godwin)
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A PORTRAIT OF PORT-HARCOURT(a poem by Nket Godwin)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

where is the rainbow i often found
in the sky of returning lips
oh port harcourt whose pots are courts
where meat arbirates fingers

sọ́kà (a poem by Adedayo Agarau)
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sọ́kà (a poem by Adedayo Agarau)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

in another room,
we found femurs
the latitude of
suffering

MONSIEUR PARISCOPE & FRESCOES: FLORENCE, DECEMBER 1989 (two poems by Kate Meyer)
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MONSIEUR PARISCOPE & FRESCOES: FLORENCE, DECEMBER 1989 (two poems by Kate Meyer)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

We stepped out from my
borrowed flat in the Marais, under
the Renaissance arches of the Place
des Vosges and the formalities of
the Hotel de Sully, into the squalid
modernities of far-flung banlieu
where a cathedral lurks amongst
market debris.

THIS CITY SHAN’T BE MY CAULDRON!(a poem by Olajuwon Joseph Olumide)
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THIS CITY SHAN’T BE MY CAULDRON!(a poem by Olajuwon Joseph Olumide)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

where is the rainbow i often found
in the sky of returning lips
oh port harcourt whose pots are courts
where meat arbirates fingers

A BOY’S CITY (a poem by Odemakin Taiwo Hassan)
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A BOY’S CITY (a poem by Odemakin Taiwo Hassan)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

a weird mix of pain and nostalgia latch on to my
tongue. this city moulded me too, in ways too many to mention.

CEMETERY & THE MAGIC AROUND HERE (two poems by Chisom Charles Nnanna)
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CEMETERY & THE MAGIC AROUND HERE (two poems by Chisom Charles Nnanna)

adminAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021

Here, boys are men, and girls
are no ladies— no—they’re no less the man
who shoulders a house for a living—frankly. And
it’s no child abuse, it’s the hustle.

EDGE OF TOMORROW (a short story by Nwabuisi Kenneth N.)
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EDGE OF TOMORROW (a short story by Nwabuisi Kenneth N.)

adminAugust 29, 2021September 7, 2021

Today, Monday, he packs up his belongings and places them on top of a bench in the middle of their compound. Nwanyimma hands him a polythene bag that contains a bottle of red oil, unripe avocadoes, and other perishable goods.

ABA IS A STORY (a short story by Jaachi Anyatonwu)
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ABA IS A STORY (a short story by Jaachi Anyatonwu)

adminAugust 29, 2021September 7, 2021

So, on and on it reels, the wheel of time, churning out plot twists of a beautiful mosaic of everything good, bad, ugly – Aba!

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