Category: Poetry

Poetry

O Lord, O Lord, Let bitterness pass

Post author By Afapinen
Post date April 6, 2026

Image by Abdelmich (via Iwaria)

by Carl Terver

Poetry

The City Is Alive Inside Me

Post author By Afapinen
Post date December 31, 2024

PHOTO: Carl Terver

by Jamila Abbas

Poetry

I BrooƋ Ƌer Cracken Luftawaav

Post author By Afapinen
Post date August 13, 2024

Illustration by Fanen

by Orndir Fanen

Essays Poetry

The Medical Style of Chisom Okafor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 16, 2024

The poet Chisom Okafor

by Eniola Arowolo

Tags a short note on my coming out, chisom okafor, clinical blues, dami ajayi, Eniola Arowolo, Nigerian poetry, synonyms for tachycardia

Essays Poetry Reviews

The Decline of Love Poetry: Reading Chukwudera’s Painter of Love

Post author By Afapinen
Post date April 2, 2024

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Ancci

Tags afapinen reviews, ancci, heiress chapbook, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, neruda, Nigerian poetry, painter of love, poetry reviews

Poetry

Dysphasia

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 7, 2024

IMAGE: Stone Landing by Carl Terver

by Umar Yogiza Jr

Tags a taste of stone collection, Nigerian poetry, umar yogiza jr

Essays Poetry

A Canvas for Pain: Boloere Seibidor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 3, 2024

PHOTO: Boloere Seibidor (INSTAGRAM)

by Lyambee Aorabee

Tags black swan, boloere seibidor, everything is an illusion, man in the black trench coat, new school poetry, Nigerian poetry, parables of a body lost in itself, when i sleep i pray

Poetry

For Girl at Rubicon

BOOK COVER: 2nd Edition, For Girl at Rubicon

Poetry Chapbook by Carl Terver

Tags carl terver poetry, for girl at rubicon

Poetry

An Answer to the Rule to Write a Poem of 16 Lines on “Why Poetry”

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 22, 2023

A Case for Order (cropped) by Carl Terver

by CARL TERVER

Poetry

Chukwudera’s Painter of Love

Post author By Afapinen
Post date February 14, 2023

Author Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Poetry Chapbook by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags heiress chapbook, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, pablo neruda, painter of love