The EOPP 2024 Shortlist is out! 10 incredible poets, 10 powerful poems.
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BEAUTIFUL AS AN UNORTHODOX TEMPLATE | a poem by Joshua Effiong
i’ve accepted my unholiness. &
if humans don’t accept me this way, my brothersisters
& sisterbrothers will be my light & salvation.
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Blue Top | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Ismail Bala
That smile of hers, that cleavage
so prime to fulfil a new kind of sensual pleasure.
Slum & Transition | two CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema
In my mother’s village, it happens again—
herders invade, fields burn, and another slum rises.
What is Being Born Inside You? | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Amy Shimshon-Santo
never underestimate the power of the weak
Rwanda | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Marial Awendit
Kagame atop the hills blows
His horn,
And the echoes melt the machetes
A Table Where I Am The Breakfast | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Oluwatobi Ezekiel Poroye
my country invites me
to a table where
I am the breakfast.
A Passage Through Time | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Abosede Ogundare
Time is a seer; a prophecy
of ashes clogged in beauty.