Longlisted Poem: “Crossing Over”
Olusegun Ajayi is a bilingual Nigerian poet, a certified technical writer, copywriter, creative writer and student nurse residing in Osogbo, Osun State. His works have appeared in Journal of African Youth Literature, Penned In Rage Literary Journal, Ila Magazine, as well as in “Save Our Paradise”, “Words Cannot Define Her”, “Known Yet Unknown”, “Melody Of Musings Love”, and “Me And My Valentine” poetry anthologies.
Two of his poems have been translated to Spanish and published by Rincon Poetico, (Columbia). He is a bronze and silver award winner in the Collaboration Contest by The Passion of poetry (June and September 2023, respectively).