NOTICE: Two of the longlisted poems will be announced each day of the week, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, until a total of 30 poems is released.
Stay glued.
- “What the Wind Remembers About Tomorrow” by Christian Emecheta
- “The Loss of God” by Ariyo Feranmi
- “The House That Ate Its Children” by Adeoso Samuel Omotayo
- “Endangered Specie” by Jewo Oghenetega
- “Yeletawa” by Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
- “Sisyphus” by Eliongema Udofia
- “When My Man Returns Home from Sambissa” by Yohanna Daniel
- “Garden of Wonder” by Alfred Olaiya
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Collocation” byUtibe Hanson - “The Day the Sky Refused to Be Blue” by Paul Olayimika
- “Republic of Rage and Roses” by Osieka Osinimu Alao
- Untitled Entry by Simon Akpama
- “Navigating Valentine’s Day with Humor” by Damilola Omotoyinbo
- “Aubade with Faith” by Damilola Omotoyinbo
- “Dirges of the Scorched Earth” by Anyigor Chris Monday
- “Blood at the Gate: Elegy for Ezza Effium” by Anyigor Chris Monday
- “Dawn” by Ferdinand Emmanuel Somtochukwu
- “There’s a Blackhole Somewhere in My Body” by Akanni Festus Olaniyi
- “Ode to Joe Ushie” by Vitalis Chinecherem Iloanwusi
- “Tough Love: Memories” by Chijioke Michael Enechi