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THE COUNTRY PRACTICES BREATHING — EOPP 2025 ANTHOLOGY
TITLE: THE COUNTRY PRACTICES BREATHING
GENRE: POETRY
NO. OF PAGES: 68
YEAR: 2025
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...At night, the country practises breathing again.
Slower now.
Like someone pretending to sleep
while listening for footsteps.
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Edited by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, this anthology collects the top 30 poems of the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2025. The featured poets are Aremu Goodness Adejare, Obiotika Wilfred Toochukwu, Adebola Temitayo Ogunyemi, Excel Chinagorom Michael, C. S. Odili, Umar Yogiza Jr., Chiwenite Onyekwelu, Ayobami Kayode, Bakare Oluwanifemi Tunmise, Nkasiobinnaya Sabs-Mbonu, Gospel Okoro, Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact, Akindutire Elizabeth Abosede, S. Abdulwasi'h Olaitan, Busari Shukura Oyeronke, Awoyemi Olamilekan Israel, Segun Adesina, Joemario Umana, Ojo Blessing, Marylin Ezeh, Wisdom Adediji, Iwuagwu Ikechukwu O., Gloria Ameh, Daniel Aôndona, Azeez Odunjo, Temiloluwa Olamide Ogunsanya, Fortune Eleojo Simeon, Rachael Ajisafe, Sarah Adeyemo, and Chinecherem Enujioke.
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