empty glass on picnic table Look at that empty glass 100% full of air; & 100% full of light also in there. That’s two hundred percent at once simultaneously occupying the same space in perfect harmony. Look at that empty glass in which space of totality seems so central to the glass but basks…
Never Allowed to Be Young A pail of water to fetch for Mama Before she collapses for good Then a basket of bread To sell before the sun sets. A ragged Raggedy Ann doll Gathers dust in the corner of the hut While a TV across the ocean Portrays two preteens bickering loudly….
3 POEMS BY EMMANUEL UMEJI COMMUNING today a white mark appears on my face it is summer & the winter hanging above my roof had wrapped her water in her womb awaiting a new winter to spill her rain-beads & today it’s winter o’clock & summer is holding her dust into her oesophagus, awaiting another…
The Heart is a Home- The lonely heart beats for itself, echoing empty words, a last refrain; words that reverberate against these walls and fall against the spotted windowpane. We who have loved and lived too much, can now see the error of our ways; we sleep alone, yet fitfully now, and count our blessings…
Poetic Wednesdays Initiative has announced the appointment of Naseeba Babale as its new Creative Director. The literary organisation which promotes literature and literary activities in Northern Nigeria and recently organised the Kano International Poetry Festival, announced this appointment on the 5th of August, 2024. Naseeba Babale is a medical laboratory scientist with Aminu Kano Teaching…
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