Franklyn Orode is a Nigerian poet, essayist, and fiction writer, also a Civil Engineer, known for evocative poetry exploring life, loss, and nationhood, with works in publications like Eboquills, SprinNg, and WRR, and author of the poetry collections Ashes of Orange Dreams and Bring Me Flowers in April. He curates themed anthologies, like the COVID-19 collection Earth on a Wheelchair, and writes from Warri, Nigeria, blending engineering insight with literary depth.