One Poem By Fatima Abdullahi
Fatima Abdullahi is a Nigerian-born writer and poet, though she once hated the genre. She’d thought it was pretentious and was trying too hard. Then she joined Robert Frost on his road not taken, and her whole world changed. Black Boy It is in me…
Two Poems By Olalekan Hussein
OLALEKAN HUSSEIN, NGP VI is an emerging poet who writes from Lagos, Nigeria, where he studies in the Arabic/Islamic institution, Darul Falah. Autopsy for Dead Flowers What name do I give everything around me that got swept by a grasping air after telling God not…
One Poem By Michael H. Brownstein
Michael H. Brownstein’s latest volumes of poetry, A Slipknot to Somewhere Else (2018) and How Do We Create Love (2019) were both published by Cholla Needles Press. In addition, he has appeared in Last Stanza, Café Review, American Letters and Commentary, Skidrow Penthouse, Xavier Review,…
Four Poems By Italian Poet, Gabriella Garofalo
Born in Italy some decades ago, Gabriella Garofalo fell in love with the English language at six, started writing poems (in Italian) at six, and is the author of several books. What a waste, what a crying shame Any time you dive into the waves…
One Poem By Olayioye Paul Bamidele
Olayioye Paul Bamidele is a writer and a student of mass communication. His works have appeared or forthcoming in Spillword, Lunaris, Artlounge, Afreecan, Ice Floe, Terror House, and elsewhere. Everything Names Me everything names me – grief, pentecostal babel, spittle gun, vodka speech on the…
A Poem by Fatihah Quadri
Fatihah Quadri is a Nigerian Poet, creative writer, and literary critic. She is a member of the Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation. She writes from Ibadan, Oyo State. Dear heathen I would have loved to speak to God in your name, You were overdone That your…
One Poem By Meshack Ifada
Meshack Ifada is eighteen years. He is an aspiring poet from Nigeria with works in Brittle Paper, Spill Words Press, Jalada, and elsewhere. Principle of Water & it is true; the fruitlessness of washing the knees. I know what i please to not be deliverance….
A Tribute by Benyeakeh Miapeh
This soulful tribute to Abunic Sheriff whose works Eboquills had previously published is moving. Benyeakeh Miapeh writes from the heart, lamenting a talent snatched too soon by death. We pray that the soul of the departed finds rest. A Broken Lament For Abunic you told…
One Poem by Ismail Yusuf Olumoh
Ismail Yusuf Olumoh is a Nigerian creative writer and teacher, poet, spoken word artiste, graphics designer, content creator, and video editor. He writes from Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. This is how I pray [after Sodiq Oyekanmi & Yahuza AbdulKadir] each day the sky gown quintuples,…
One Poem By Evang Godspraise Igaga
Evang Godspraise Igaga is a recently published author of the children’s book titled, “See Me, I am a Professor.” She is also a survivor of domestic violence and an inspirational writer. He Kissed the Devil Dedicated to all women who have been humiliated by the…
