Michael Imossan

The Nigerian NewsDirect PoetryColumn-NND, in partnership with ANA-OAU Book and Arts Festival has published the winning entries of the poetry competition:

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Hey guys,

Thanks to the editor at Luminary Lines Magazine, I have two poems up. You can read them and other wonderful poems from wonderful poems via the link;

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Thank you 🤗

It was beautiful facilitating a workshop at Akwaibom where I taught poets and poetry enthusiasts the miracle and magic of poetry.

link to pictures below;

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@michaelimossan.bsky.social's poetry profoundly articulates Nigerian identity, transforming multiple inner voices into a unified chorus. In "For the Love of Country & Memory," he seamlessly bridges personal experience & national consciousness.
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Hey guys! Check out my interview with Cara and the cover reveal for my forthcoming chapbook “The smell of Absence”

NEW POEM ALERT ‼️‼️

Hey guys,

Thanks to the editors at Inscape Journal, my poem “Mercy is all the Body Wants” has been published in the journal’s winter issue:

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Thank you for reading.

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Happy publication day, Kristen Zory King!

"Compelling and richly complex, Ladies, Ladies, Ladies resonates and reverberates with the intelligence and heart of its author. A must read."- @kathyfish.bsky.social

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Glad to have edited the Poetryclub Udus anthology alongside Abdulkareem and Su’eddie Agema.

Also glad to have a poem from my Sillerman Poetry Prize Semifinalist collection “Broken in Three Places” here.

Wrote the poem 3 years ago.

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I put this issue in InDesign at 6am during a flight delay at an airport bar over a pity ice water an employee came and poured me. 📖 there's some good writing in here all!

a book cover for this tenuous atmosphere, black with purple stars and planets

Obligatory attention shot so that I'm not just a postless profile, and happy one year to This Tenuous Atmosphere 🚀

Any Lagos poem is a good poem! Here is what @toluini.bsky.social has to say in our new co-edited anthology. African Urban Echoes is a big assembly of language maestros. Please get your copy at,

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So many fantastic submissions received. Am slowly making my way through them and will be sending a few responses today! Have sent some acceptances already and am excited to send some more ✨

Ok will chuck up a couple of new years eve prompts for those who want something else to do this eve or to come back to another time! Or for those who want to use it to submit to FH on the 2nd 👀

Prompt 1:

Where this year have you felt most at home? Write about it, the smells, the textures, the memories. 

Or 

What are you hoping to experience most in 2025? Use the feeling and the thoughts to write a piece about your hopes, your goals, how will they impact your life?

Prompt 2:

What are the first 10 words that come to your mind right now. Write them down in a list. Take your favourite words and write write write.

Third and final prompt:

What is your absolute favourite time of the day? To the hour, maybe even to the minute. Why? Write about it.

Or

What is your most common phrase you use? For example when you talk to people, when you write. Why do you use it, how often? Write about it.

General submission is always cool for me, nonetheless, loose themes are cool too.

Okay so, what’s new?! Whats your news, any pieces recently published, any nominations, any books out soon? Any works in progress? Let me know! ⬇️

Got my copy of @sonofolokun.bsky.social’s latest collection.

Can’t wait to dig in!!

Thank you, Leia. I really appreciate this nomination.

Glad to have been accepted as a HUES SCHOLAR. It’s been a wonderful experience learning from @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social so far. Thanks to @thehellebore.bsky.social for putting this together. Thanks to Maria Picone for the support, I really appreciate. 🥹🥹🥹

Hello friend,

My piece “Eden”, written after Logan February is part of the Sans.Press’s “Another name for darkness” anthology

Thanks to the editors, especially Paula as they were so kind to me and gentle with my work.

I currently have the Epub/PDF not the print so here goes:

Hello friends,

My poem “Southern Kaduna” has been awarded an honourable mention for the IHRAF Creators of Justice Awards. Congratulations to my brother Chiwenite for the mention.

Link to the full poem: static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91fef…

I have my poems in the just released issue of Ake Review.

Photo credit: Elisha

Also, I went on a meet and gist with Jakky Bankong-Obi. It was surreal and therapeutic.

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