Looking Back and Looking Forward: A Review of Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s The Morning Cloud is Empty
Book: The Morning Cloud is Empty (60 pages). Author: Tolu’ A. Akinyemi. Publisher: The Roaring Lion Newcastle, Ltd. The Morning Cloud is Empty is a collage of rich imageries from a past so young that it is cradled in the present. More succinctly, it very…
RISK PYRAMID AND SPOKEN WORD POETRY by Olumide Holloway
My first credit analysis training was by SLS aka HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. This was in 2008 when he was the CRO i.e Chief Risk Officer of a first generation bank in Nigeria. The main lesson of that day was the application of the Risk…
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 Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo
Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo is a Nigerian Literary Enthusiast. Cell Behaviorism After reading Oladosu Michael Emerald Some cells are made of stone; They don’t shriek. Mine is just like a snail A little light touch, I crack, and I curve Contributor’s Bio Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo is…
Eboquills 2023 Anthology: Out in November
We launched Eboquills annual anthology this year. When the submissions window closed in July, we had received poems from Cameroon, Nepal, the United Kingdom, and from all over Nigeria. We want to thank all the poets who sent in their poems. Every one of them…
One Poem By Obongofon Etuk
Obongofon Etuk is a passionate poet and a student of pharmacy at the University of Uyo. Writing poems has been his creative outlet, and he draws inspiration from the works of renowned poets like Shakespeare. IN WHAT MEASURE DOTH DESCENT BEFALL… In what measure doth…
One Poem By Olajide Olawale
Olajide Olawale is a communication and language arts student at the prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Echoes of the Soul As twilight’s tender touch envelopes all Where shadows dance with whispers of grace, I wander through realms of poetic thought, Where words unfurl, untamed and…
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 Olaseni Kehinde Precious
Olaseni Kehinde Precious embodies the multifaceted roles of a poet, content writer, blockchain researcher, and SEO specialist. Mother’s Radiance A majestic oak blooming towards the heavens Like a sapling breaking through the fertile soil An Unwavering lioness cradled me A luminescence in life’s labyrinth Through…
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