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About Ijagun Poetry Journal

Ijagun Poetry Journal is a quarterly journal that provides a platform from which we can tell our own stories in the authenticity of their multiplicity through the poetic medium. We don’t want to hear these stories from our master “griots” alone; we want to hear from those mastering their art, too. Hence, we aim at publishing new and emerging poets. We also welcome the works of established poets in order to encourage the poetic genius of those mastering poetic art. We prize original works that conform to, break or reinvent conventions. Again, we accept reviews and critical essays on poetry. We also accept powerful art works and photographs that make us appreciate the "poetry" in everything.

Basit Olatunji

Basit A. Olatunji was born in Ifon-osun, Osun State, Nigeria. He is a poet, an editor and an essayist. His first poetry collection, Thoughtful Reflections, was published in 2011. He is also working on his first play. He currently teaches … Continue reading

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Gabriel Bamgbose

Gabriel Bamgbose is a Nigerian writer and critic. He is currently teaching Literature in the Department of English, Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria. Also, he is an editor. He is widely published in different academic and literary journals, national … Continue reading

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David Schwartz

G. David Schwartz is the former president of Seedhouse, the online interfaith committee. Schwartz is the author of A Jewish Appraisal of Dialogue (1994) and Midrash and Working Out Of The Book (2004). Currently, he is a volunteer at The Cincinnati J, Meals … Continue reading

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Ryan Johnson

Ryan Johnson is a recent college graduate who discovered his passion for writing back in 2008. He has recently relocated to Dayton Ohio from Atlanta Georgia where he continues to write in hopes of perfecting his craft. Read his poems: … Continue reading

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Kehinde Sofoluwe

Kehinde Sofoluwe is a poet, essayist and avid fan of drama with a penchant for political agitation. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tai Solarin University of Education in 2010. His deliberate foray into literature, he believes, is … Continue reading

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Chandramohan S.

Chandramohan S. (b.1986) is an Indian English poet, short story writer and a social critique based in the south Indian state of Kerala. He is pursuing research in Mathematics, apart from being a translator, editor and a social activist. His … Continue reading

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Tope Omoniyi

Professor Tope Omoniyi is the Chair of Sociolinguistics in the Department of Media, Culture and Language, Roehampton University, in London. He is an accomplished scholar with numerous academic publications in sociolinguistics to his name. He is also a poet and … Continue reading

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Waking up crazy

(for Raúl Zurita of Chile)   I woke after a fitful sleep restless & tired in America the death of swelling fruit the death of 1/2 opened fruit the death distended of 1/2 written poems the death of 1/2 an … Continue reading

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Washington, 1986

(for Martin Carter of Guyana, 1927-1997)   On Valentine’s Day I have transgressed good order & incommoded traffic in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. There is tradition in reminding governments of the job in need of doing   Arrested then … Continue reading

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Ocean Song

(one more in the Key of Sea, for Everett Hoagland)      i am no -ist i have no -ism   the flow i roll with is myself   am consoled by all sharp edges smoothed by endless moving water   … Continue reading

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