ANXIETY AND THINGS THAT SHATTER: EXUDATES OF A TROUBLED MIND
(Anxiety and Things that Shatter, 112 pages, Samuel Adeyemi , 2019, Smashwords Edition) I had barely read halfway through the first part of this three-sectioned anthology before I messaged Samuel, “How did you put these poems out without feeling naked?” The poems in this collection…
AN ECHO OF SILENCE
Because we do not preserve memories from decay By immersing them in vessels filled with formalin, I tried to remember you today- your smell, your kiss The beats and lyrics of the songs you said your heart Sang for me, but I can’t remember any….
PAPER PLANES IN THE RAIN: A WELL OF WITS
Title: PAPER PLANES IN THE RAIN (A collection of poems) Publishers: WRR Year of publication: 2019 Authors: Jide Badmus & Pamilerin Jacob Length: 50 pages The opening poem – PAPER PLANES IN THE RAIN- of this collection ends with a strong rhetoric which ignites a…
AN ARTIFACT OF A GROIN WAR
Ekoja’s body was a haunted house. Haunted: by a glowing darkness; by a cocktail of voices fading into silence; by footsteps echoing a numbing pain. [You’ll never know that scars are ghosts until your deepest wounds die but you still hear their voices in your…
