FWGE Day 15: The Bittersweet Death of The Love Affair by Abigail George
(for the Dutch poet Joop Bersee) I have nowhere to go. The nurse had a mouthful to say….
FWGE Day 10: The Escapades of A Youth Corper by Okwechime Madu Anthony
In the greenest of fields And distant of homes ‘ Lays a heart waiting for the other Both…
Memories From Childhood; Poem by Adesina Ayobami Idris
MEMORIES FROM CHILDHOOD (for Abdullahi) Credit: Yerwa Express during childhood // at iloko // we lived in our father’s…
FWGE Day 11: Sorry Jane, Come Tonight by Chenjerai Mhondera.
Sorry Jane-‘t wasn’t your turn; …
Jorie Graham Wins $10,000 Bobbitt Poetry Prize
Jorie Graham has won the 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for her 2017 collection “Fast.”…
FWGE: Day 8: Poe-matics by Adebayo Kolawole Samuel
for Bluestone I am an equation— Calculus of whirlings, thrummings & palpitations. I am a matrix— Gang of…
The Girl Whose Stars Hung In The Memory Of Pain And Agony, Poem by Adetayo Omotoyosi
(For Leah) Life in the hands of Boko Haramites Is a basket full of both pain and agonies …
Short Story | Boy Are Not Intruders by Isoboye Danagogo
He had lost his innocence on a similar night at this, eighteen years ago. The moon had been…
FWGE Day 16: Desires by Iliya Kambai Dennis
You were purple the day you stepped Out of your white smile. I remembered staring at you, Lost…
Poetry: Once Upon A Politician by Naphtali Festus Adda
In the name of change, the descendants of an ancestor needed a people to foster their needs not…