Nnadi Samuel (he/him/his) holds a B.A in English & literature from the University of Benin. Author of Nature knows a little about Slave Trade (Sundress Publication, 2022). His works have been previously published/forthcoming in Suburban Review, Seventh Wave Magazine, NativeSkin lit Magazine, North Dakota Quarterly, Quarterly West, Common Wealth Writers & elsewhere. Winner of the Canadian Open Drawer contest 2020, & the International Human Right Arts Festival Award(IHRAF) New York 2021. He got an honorable mention for the 2022 Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Contest.
“Not me, says the boxing writer. Sayin’, Boxing ain’t to blame,There’s just as much danger in a football game. Sayin’,“Fist fighting is here to stay. It’s just the old American way” — Bob Dylan “Don’t come back, they’ll kill you for being gay”— BBC NEWS At the sleight of my arm, each eyelid folds in bloodshot grace.my fury, breaking jaws
Go to Post >> when boys who attempted at joy, turned dust on earth’s lips.
the rumbling as we know here isn’t starvation.
just the belly of a toddler thundering in quiet war…
I command this body to lose luster,
for me to be tainted with wrath.
punishment that I am— dismantling empathy in vows, to harbor a lesser pain…
