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Category: POETRY

‘I’M ON A HIATUS FOR PSALMS‘ / ‘FURLONG‘ / ‘ON DAYS WHEN THE AIR IS GRIEF‘ / ‘TO KISS ATAVISM‘ / ‘EXILE’ | five poems by Olayioye Paul Bamidele
POETRY

‘I’M ON A HIATUS FOR PSALMS‘ / ‘FURLONG‘ / ‘ON DAYS WHEN THE AIR IS GRIEF‘ / ‘TO KISS ATAVISM‘ / ‘EXILE’ | five poems by Olayioye Paul Bamidele

Staff WriterDecember 16, 2022December 16, 2022

here, the only ode is a receding
of insult. instead of pillows, my guardian
uses a slab, nets it on my nape & calls it
discipline. yet, that same night, cracks open—
like an egg—a psalm with my name.

GRACE (a poem by Blessing Omeiza Ojo)
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GRACE (a poem by Blessing Omeiza Ojo)

Staff WriterDecember 16, 2022December 16, 2022

I asked a boy, an orphan, bathing the street with waters
from his body, what led his pedigree to rest.
He said it was a bullet from a drunk policeman’s riffle.

the village chief’s wife & the boy who told tales to a blue bird (a poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
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the village chief’s wife & the boy who told tales to a blue bird (a poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)

Staff WriterDecember 1, 2022December 1, 2022

Today, the chief’s wife visited the village square
her once-rectangular parts now are square!
but we dare not boo or harry her…

OSOFISAN | a poem by Overcomer Ibiteye
cọ́nscìò POETRY

OSOFISAN | a poem by Overcomer Ibiteye

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

my matchbox world gives my family light from my moon
for we are soluble in this water of being

VERSES FOR SAGES | a poem by Peter Itanka
cọ́nscìò POETRY

VERSES FOR SAGES | a poem by Peter Itanka

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

D is for D.O. Fagunwa, the bullroarer who rode in his pen horse for an Expedition To The Mountain Of Thought. D is also for Dele, the town crier whose large bell rings out: Do Not Die in Their War.

PACESETTER | a poem by Adedire Adekunle Peter
cọ́nscìò POETRY

PACESETTER | a poem by Adedire Adekunle Peter

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

If You Must Set Forth At Dawn
Rise before the sun will smirk at your courage
Of a poet that birthed this madness

CHIMAMANDA OF THE EAST | a poem by John Kote
cọ́nscìò POETRY

CHIMAMANDA OF THE EAST | a poem by John Kote

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

You are not a single story
Patience and pain have courted you to the gravestones of dearly beloved
Grief is not brief, take notes

A BIRD OF PANEGYRICS SINGS OF LEGENDS | a poem by Olajuwon Joseph Olumide
cọ́nscìò POETRY

A BIRD OF PANEGYRICS SINGS OF LEGENDS | a poem by Olajuwon Joseph Olumide

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

these souls live on,
with immortal footprints on this terrain of african poetics
embodying our narrative experiences.

COMMUNICATION WITH KASHIMAWO | a poem by Dr Stephen O Solanke
cọ́nscìò POETRY

COMMUNICATION WITH KASHIMAWO | a poem by Dr Stephen O Solanke

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

I kept
the mandate of my people

I died
the death of self

SAIL ON TO TOMORROW & THE FOREVER OF OUR MEMORIES | a poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
cọ́nscìò POETRY

SAIL ON TO TOMORROW & THE FOREVER OF OUR MEMORIES | a poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

Imomotimi, sail on to the other side
As we paddle words to hurry waves for you
While counting time on our prayer beads

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CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘PACESETTERS’ [ISSUE 2, VOL. 2 | OCTOBER 2022]

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