Out Now – Eboquills Annual Anthology 2023 Available for Download
We are thrilled to announce that the much-anticipated Eboquills Annual Anthology 2023 is now available for download! This literary masterpiece is a culmination of voices from across the globe, featuring poets from Cameroon, Nepal, the United Kingdom, and all corners of Nigeria. We extend our…
NOSTALGIA IN THE VEIN OF PARABLE: A Review of Olaitan Adesina’s Afrocentric By Jide Badmus
Reality is black and white Every other colour is an illusion To grief is to be stuck in profound darkness—requires you to turn inwards for light. Introspection is a form of mourning. You exhume events and memories and lay them on the autopsy table. You…
One Poem By Riak Marial Riak
Riak Marial Riak is a South Sudanese poet and writer. His work has been featured in Brittle Paper, Eunoia Review, African Writer Magazine, Nthanda Review, and elsewhere. The origin of water and the gleaming pools bubble bright when its shores woke frozen by night wind …
One Poem By Emmanuel Ferdinand
Emmanuel Ferdinand is a young Nigerian poet and writer. He is currently studying the English language at Lagos State University. The Dark Mass Once upon a cold morning in May. her bed rattled & with a hushed Tone like a heartbeat. she softened my uneasiness…
Two Poems By Dayọ̀ Ayílárá
Dayọ̀ Ayílárá is a lawyer, business consultant, cartoonist, graphics designer and calligrapher. He writes from Abuja, Nigeria. His poetry focuses on nature, the beauty in pain, hope, love, and loss. The Butterfly Life Circle (For Justina Babade) I remember the day (on this road called…
Two Poems By John Phebe Ifeoluwa
John Phebe Ifeoluwa hails from the western part of Nigeria. She is a poet and a neurodivergent writer. Phebe writes from Port Harcourt City. From Lagos, With Love The mosquitoes in Mushin, Vampires at midnight— Telling a love story; Between your body And their proboscis…
One Poem By Sarah Adeyemo
Sarah Adeyemo is a budding poet, student, avid reader, literary enthusiast, and guitarist. She writes from Ekiti, Nigeria. Fragments of a Broken Voice I rise with balls of sweat, Flowing down in torrents Through my cheekbones, Down to my palpitating chest. Who can read words…
One Poem By Mubarak Said
Mubarak Said is the 3rd runner-up (poetry category) of the 2022 Bill Ward Prize for Emerging Writers. His works are forthcoming and published in World Voices Magazine, Brittle Paper, Icefloe Press, and elsewhere. Last Word About The Polls Anything I start to love hates me….
Two Poems By Nkemdilim Lilian
Nkemdilim Lilian is a poet, calligrapher, and novelist who hails from Anambra state. She is a final-year Law student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is passionate about writing. Brother Here, where I know not a soul, Not even mine. There, where they dashed…
Eboquills Annual Anthology Launch
We’re so excited to announce that Eboquills has launched an annual anthology. The submissions window opens today, 30th June 2023, and closes on 31st July 2023. For 2023, our anthology will be a curation of fine poetry- all forms of poetry. Theme: Our Girls: Their…
