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September 15th, 2026
(National Collection #3)
The Poetry of Nigeria presents contemporary Nigerian poems collected from Wax Poetry and Art publications.
The Poetry of Nigeria is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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January 15th, 2026 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
When the Abyss Wears a Face
by Adeyeye Ifeoluwa Christiana
(Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Hold Me / Pages
by Tamilore Ayeni
(Mende, Lagos, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2025 in Wax Poetry and Art Magazine #8
Socially Engaged Poetry Contest #13 – First Place
Market Price
Poem by Adenekan Olanrewaju (Oamlad)
(Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2025 in Wax Poetry and Art Magazine #8
Featured Poet Contest #6 – First Place
Being a Man and Other Poems
Poems by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2025 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
We Were Once Boys
by Sandra Paul
(Abuja, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2025 in Africa Poetry Magazine
Africa Poetry Contest #5 – First Place
A Seed's Voyage
by Asakiri Zen
(Benin City, Edo, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2025 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Nigeria Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Gọlugọ: The Mudskipper
by Sheriff Olanweraju
(Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2025 in Africa Poetry Magazine
A Date in the Rainforest
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2025 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
The NEPA Marketer
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2025 in Angela Poetry Magazine
We Are One
by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2025 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Tales by Moonlight
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2025 in Africa Poetry Magazine
Childhood Africa
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2025 in First Nations Poetry Magazine
Parenthood
by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
The Moon Finds Cracks to Weep Through
by Nwodo Divine
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Jollof Rice
by Mayanna Maya
(Warri, Delta State, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Burning Scroll
by Grace Orobosa
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024 in Phoenix Photo Fiction
To You
Fiction by Desire Amiebesunu Iruobe
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2024 in Wax Mag #4
Poetry Contest #19 – First Place
Dream Stone
by Chelsea Awang
(Jimeta, Adamawa, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2024 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
I Am Nigerian, and So What?
by Olufunminiyi Salawu
(Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2024
Wax International Contest #1 – First Place
Meeting a Gentlewoman on a Rainy Day
by Chelsea Awang
(Jimeta, Adamawa, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2024 in First Nations Poetry Magazine
Bigger than Me
by Chelsea Awang
(Jimeta, Adamawa, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2024 in Africa Poetry Magazine
Waiting for Harvest
by Blessing Oziama
(Lagos, Lagos State)
January 15th, 2024 in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Nigerian Youths
by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2024 in Wax International
The Eye
by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River, Nigeria)
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