I break, heart of egg
into yolk of gratitude
—grain of time,
IN THE WINGS OF SPARROWS, A NEST FALLS & CALL ME HOLY (two poems by Osahon Oka)
Call me miracle. I cough blood into the fist of wind
& it is rain. Yes, call me saint; I have arrived before
purgatory time & time again & its doorknob has
AXOLOTL (a poem by Abasiama Udom)
I find strength to be whole—whole again.
Let me pull away from all I know. Leaving, losing my realities.
AFTER GRIEFS & RUINS (a poem by Qudus Olowo)
the earth/grew/ into solidarity
after grief gawped requiems into the soil /myringas/
sacred buffs— no longer hid in silence
THE WEIGHT OF LOSS (a short story by Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi)
A gust of wind splashes over me. I feel your presence; the sweet smell of strawberry that often steamed from your body caresses my nostrils and wets my taste buds. But it’s only a while until you leave with the wind, I think. The smell lingers. Strongly.
“HISTORICAL SEXISM AFFECTS WOMEN’S PROGRESS IN EDUCATION, WRITING, AND LITERATURE”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA
In Nigeria, we don’t talk about how historical sexism affects women’s progress in education, writing, and literature. We talk about how colonialism has affected the country or set it back from other nations, but when it comes to women in the publishing industry, we often expect that they will be at the same level as men, and if they aren’t, then it is their fault
CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘REGENERATION’ [ISSUE 1, VOL. 2 | APRIL 2021] IS OUT
The literary offerings in Regeneration are full of light and hope, both of which are active ingredients for the medicine our world direly needs.
RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE
Rhymes are employed for the specific purpose of rendering a pleasing effect to a poem which makes its recital an enjoyable experience.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘REGENERATION’ — CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE ISSUE 1, VOL 2, APR 2021
Our editors want poetry, short stories, non-fiction (essays, book reviews), art and photography that creatively tell individual and collective stories of ‘regeneration’ as the world tries to overcome the challenges that have become our ‘new normal’.
SUBLIME LIVES: A BOOK REVIEW OF PROFESSOR EMEKA ANIAGOLU’S A TALE OF TWO GIANTS: CHINUA ACHEBE & WOLE SOYINKA by Kirsten C. Okenwa
A Tale of Two Giants by Professor Emeka Aniagolu is a thorough, stimulating and fascinating comparative study, grounded in historico-socio-political contextual analysis of the careers, creative, autobiographical as well as scholarly and polemical works of Africa’s two literary giants: Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka.