Named after the late Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Folorunsho Ibiyemi, the Folorunsho Editor’s Poetry Prize follows in the tradition of upholding and supporting poetry in Nigeria through its Poetry Column. Only poets published in the Poetry Column in the year under consideration are…
Named after the late Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Folorunsho Ibiyemi, the Folorunsho Editor’s Poetry Prize follows in the tradition of upholding and supporting poetry in Nigeria through its Poetry Column. Only poets published in the Poetry Column in the…
By Hassan A. Usman For Leo Into March, I follow my misfortune. I am catastrophic— a standout among the recipes for a sad poem. I annihilate the carnation flowers sprouting inside…
By Hassan A. Usman There’s no figurative way to say this: I’m heartbroken. It’s sunset again— I arrange my body where there’s a flicker, learning new ways to excite my grief. Light, even light, is damned to darkness. A bird…
