TUESDAY POETRY

Tuesday Poem by David Ishaya Osu
LANGUAGES
ordinary…

Tuesday Poem by Jekwu Ozoemene
The Used Tire Necklace
I happened upon the savaged body
Ravaged…

Tuesday Poem by Dami Ajayi
(For D.B)
Some study the cartography of their face
for doctorates…

Tuesday Poem by Toni Kan
Kintsugi
(for her who once asked for a poem)
How do you…

Tuesday Poem by Ruth Zakari
Hurricane on the sky
Afro-thick clouds rally
Past the pink,…

Tuesday Poem by Adedayo Agarau
two weeks before my birthday
i.
as we fucked
lights out
…

Tuesday Poem by Shingai Kagunda
IS SHE HOME?
Does she make you happy?Sorry, wrong question.…

Tuesday Poem by Efe Ogufere
IMMERSION
(For Oniovosa)
two sets of little feet shuffle
in…

Tuesday Poem by Dami Ajayi
BIRTHDAY ELEGY
(For the ET 302 157 & other victims)
1.
&…

Tuesday Poem by Carl Terver
Confessions To Two Lovers & things felt in-between
i.
(for…

Tuesday Poem by Dami Ajayi
I imagined it differently:
toddler daughter pruning my facial…

Tuesday Poem by Olajide Salawu
HOTSPOT
I am meeting my lover for the first time.
And in the…

Tuesday Poem by Rasak-Oyadiran Opeyemi
HANDS
We need to talk about the tenderness of hands, just hands.
Of…

Tuesday Poem by Remi Olutimayin
Facing words:
Difficult to hear
Heavy with meaning
Lost interest
I…
DAMI AJAYI
Dami Ajayi finds a way to fuse being a writer into his busy doctor schedule. Known as Jolly Papa (JP for short) by his friends—a sobriquet he took from a song by Rex Lawson—the poet cum doctor cum music critic makes seamless transitions between these orbits around which his life rotates.