in my mother tongue,
the only difference between living and transiting
to the great beyond lies just in a tonal variation.
A DEFILED ALTAR | a poem by Oladimeji Olatunji
A black sun rose from the west, where the earth slipped on its face…
IN THE QUIET, PEACE | a poem by Ajayi Taiwo Paul
We have carried the weight of their names on our tongues, in our hearts, and it has been heavy. But now, let us lay that weight down, not in forgetting, but in honoring.
‘YOU CUT MY CHEST OPEN / GRIEF IS NOT AN EMPTY SMOKE / YESTERDAY IS A MONOGRAM STITCHED INSIDE MY TONGUE | three poems by Annah Atane
My beauty is parched my teeth can no longer hold laughter
yesterday is a monogram stitched inside my tongue
DEAR EDITOR | a poem by Kingsley Onyekachi Asoronye
My literary works lie in coma for help..
They long for your surgical knife
GOODNESS | a poem by Rosheed Ayinla Shehu
A nostalgia for a Father whose name she bears but
Whose face only surfaces when she looks in the mirror.
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Childhood Trauma & Creativity: Navigating The Ethical Tightrope of Personal Writing | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ essay by Kukogho Samson
Self-censorship is painful, excruciating, debilitating… It feels like a betrayal of self, an abuse of my creative impulse, and self-entrapment in a cycle of doubt and frustration.