• S. Abdulwasi’h Olaitan

    previously published in Ta Adesa. S. Abdulwasi’h Olaitan is a Nigerian introverted poet and essayist. He writes from a hole 54 kilometers away from Kwara State. He is deeply devoted to God and lover of his parents. He’s the author of the longlisted chapbook Life, An Objet D’art (Arting Arena Poetry Chapbook Prize 2023). His…

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  • David Cameron

    Yellowjackets hover over muscadines split and fermenting in warm summer grass. I pick and pop a purple orb into my cool child’s mouth well versed in the rural art of taking sustenance when and where it is offered with bounty overflowing. I bite and break the leather-tough skin tasting grape essence and spitting seeds that…

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  • Marina Ramil

    I give you permission to crack my ribs if ever comes the day I stop breathing. There you will find a velveteen rabbit, a small recreation of the long-dead lizard, and my son, covered in wheaten fur, glad for a night of sleep someplace warm. If, in the process, you erroneously press on the greying…

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