Nostalgia for Samsara & Other Poems – Pamilerin Jacob

Nostalgia for Samsara & Other Poems Pamilerin Jacob Nostalgia for Samsara I prefer tension over attention.Daily, the half-light of memory dims.       The half-light of memory dims, daily,       & out of the silence, I moulded a bird. Inside your silence, I...

A Small Unit – Chimezie Chika

A Small Unit Chimezie Chika It was the Harmattan solstice, and the traders were organising their affairs in preparation for the year-end closing of the market when a Toyota Hilux pulled up in front of Ikeajuana’s big shop in the sprawling pharmaceuticals market near...

We Made Water – Ìjàpá O

We Made Water (also known as The Story of the Preacher and the Pretty Little Bird) Ìjàpá O ‘Little bird, where has your mother gone?Little bird, why are you all alone?’— Dawud Wharnsby Ali Altogether, it was not too bad an outcome. When X asked me at the dam how I’d...

Two Poems – Britney Gabbidon

Two Poems Britney Gabbidon Miniatures in a Game of Femme When I was ten, I believed myself to be a peacockI plucked my own feathers when I learned of my white belly I shave the width of my hips with a nail fileI try to juice the sex from me like lemons Sometimes, I...

They Live Rent-Free in My Head – Blessing Evaleni Lawson

They Live Rent-Free in My Head Blessing Evaleni Lawson If you ask me what my problem is, I will give you a scroll listing things I wish to change about myself. I will tell you what they are, my lips turning downwards as I give you a familiar name, and say, “These are...