Martins Deep
Martins Deep (he/him) is a Nigerian poet, photographer, & student of Ahmadu Bello University,...
Mama Calls
“Am I a good mother? Was I a good mother to you?” While I’m...
Sideline Ho
(for Monica, #Verzuz, and Black pandemonium) You sure you ain’tAmerica’s Ho too You sure...
Love Song For The Weird Black Girl
Hold me Black girl with the dark eyesand bright colored braids. Hold mein that...
Mother in the Sun
Mother knits in the sun, hummingsongs of birds. Having snapped her flowers from the...
On That Time We Went to Universal Studios Because Granny Hit the Lotto
When I was a kid I didn’t have cable, so Nickelodeon was a Holy...
Trap House Capitalism
I enter the trap house of addictionUnaware of what lies aheadA repetitive destruction, my...
We Found Love in Protest Streets
because we want to live & love & make flowery memoriesall broken by stray...
green-red-green
in this part of the world,our leaders celebrate 60 years of free-doomby ploughing peaceful...
boy, black, man
i worship the day because it survived the night – romeo oriogun this night...