For the Moulders of Tomorrow: Celebrating Teachers Who Truly – By Bolutife Oluwadele
‘Moulders of Tomorrow You are the quiet architects of dawn, Who take the unshaped clay and gently guide The restless mind, the fragile spirit torn Between the world outside and peace inside. You do not merely fill the empty shelf With dates,…
The Unknowing Architect – A Poem By Bolutife Oluwadele
The Unknowing Architect – I built a word of hollow bone, A feather-thought, a whispered tone, And set it sailing, light as air, A harmless ghost, without a care. It found no purchase on the cliff Of your strong mind, so firm and…
Life as a Bunch of Keys – By Bolutife Oluwadele
Life as a Bunch of Keys They give you, at the start, a heavy ring, A cluttered fist of cold, metallic things. Some tarnished, some are bright, all promising To open something. This is what life brings. You stand before the door, of chance or love,…
When. A Poem by F.Omosola
When? I have chosen patience in these ocean depths, watching the skeletons beneath me gaze. Do not let me drown when my strength stretches upward toward the surface. The devil is in the detail. Deliver me from false dawns, from beautiful…
Declining Reading Culture: Scholars, Writers Rally Ahead of Ibadan Book and Arts Festival
Did you know that 9 out of every 10 Nigerians would prefer to have mobile data to browse the internet than read an interesting book? In spite of the numerous benefits associated with reading, the culture of picking and enjoying a good book has been on…
Ibadan Book and Arts Festival to Host Niyi Osundare in Special Literary Prelude
The Ibadan Book and Arts Festival (ÌbàFest) is set to hold a remarkable literary gathering titled Invocations of the Word: A Day of Poetry and Conversations with Niyi Osundare on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The event, which will serve as a prelude to the…
Life and Death Cruise: A Streetwise Gospel from Palmwine Sounds
Reading is aging gracefully, at least not on social media. There’s something refreshingly chaotic, audacious, and unfiltered about Life and Death Cruise, another poetry collection by Palmwine Sounds. From the very first lines, the book barrels forward…
Memoir – A Poem by Fortune Omosola
Memoir 18, looking forward to 23 toys scattered on peeling paint beneath the bed, beside the ivory vase that once overlooked a shoreline in Ita-Osa. Children tucked their skin into the sand, sunbathing, as playful waves made love to their…
Romeo Oriogun Wrote Exile Then Nomad
If you like poems, you’ll like Romeo Oriogun, a voracious poet whose pen is singing from paper to hearts. He is the author of Nomad that won an NLNG prize ( $100000 ) Romeo Oriogun is the author of The Gathering of Bastards (University of Nebraska…
In Pursuit of Meaning ( A Poem ) – Fortune Omosola
In Pursuit of Meaning Tired eyes, Frazzled head—there is no such thing as color in this cycle of tributes. The ground is neither sand nor as you know it. Dogs enjoy the quietude more than men hunting blossom, a daily task for a quid, Eros, or serenity.…