Three Poems by Abduljalal Musa Aliyu. These poems by Jide Badmus were especially chosen for The Bala Selection, a weekly poetry feature curated by Ismail Bala for Konya Shamsrumi.
I think about this now, sitting beside her bed, listening to the difficult machinery of her breathing, and I find myself revisiting some of the memories I had filed away as childhood grievances. .. Age has a way of returning old memories to us with their labels removed.
Three Poems by Jide Badmus. These poems by Jide Badmus were especially chosen for The Bala Selection, a weekly poetry feature curated by Ismail Bala for Konya Shamsrumi.
Movement at the edge of your vision — maybe a man, maybe a shadow. You hold your breath. The darkness folds around you.
Professor Tanure Ojaide will be a guest at this month's reading hosted by the Lagos State Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, holding today. His latest collection, Adult Love: In the Childhood Garden, published by Konya Shamsrumi, has been longlisted for the 2026 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature.
