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phot of a dark skinned man with a huge smile and wearing a patterned shirtNnadi Samuel

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.

Who Killed Davey Moore?

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 by Nnadi Samuel

“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 …

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Yet you call all my Poems by the name Grief

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 by Nnadi Samuel

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…

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When I say “I long to be Damaged” I mean, way out of the Ordinary

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 by Nnadi Samuel

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…

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