Ojo Taiye
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Ojo Taiye is a Nigerian writer of poetry. He says that he "uses poetry as a handy tool to hide his frustration with society"[1]. He is the author of "All of Us are Birds and Some of Us have Broken Wings", selected as winner of the Kingdoms in the Wild Annual Poetry Prize.[2] His poem "Hereditary Blues" won the 2020 Bend Source Poetry Contest.[3] He was a finalist for the 2019 Brittle Paper Award for Poetry.[4] Taiye's poem Rainbow Inferno won first prize in the 2021 Cathalbui (Belcoo, Ireland) poetry competition. He was also awarded first place for his series of poems in the 2021 Hay Writers Competition.[5]
His poetry has been published in Rattle,[6] Cincinnati Review,[7] Grain, Banshee, SavantGarde, Litmag, Glintmoon, Willow Springs, Lambda Literary, Cherry Tree, Ruminate, Gargouille Magazine, Ninth letter, Vallum, Frontier Poetry, Palette, Stinging fly, Notre Dame Review,[8] Tinderbox Poetry, Strange Horizons[9] and elsewhere.
Bibliography[edit]
- all of us are birds & some of us have broken wings. Kingdoms in the Wild, 2019 [10]
Publications[edit]
- Art Villa: Two Poems
- Asian Signature: Three Poems
- Down River Road: Devotion
- Cathalbui Poetry Competition 2021: Anthology
- Electric Literature: Two Poems
- Empty Mirror Books: Two Poems
- Frontier Poetry: I Keep Having the Dream Where My Father is Dead
- Ice Floe Press: Four Poems
- Lamda Literary: How to Become a Gay in My Country
- LitMag: Ask Me About Love
- Mascara Literary Review: ALL QUIET ON THE FIRE FRONT
- Memento, New Anthology of Notable Voices in Contemporary Nigerian Poetry edited by Adedayo Agarau
- Featured Writer at Oprelle: Dreams for Hire
- Palette Poetry: Three Poems
- Poets In Nigeria: Ellipsis
- Poets in Nigeria: Monograph
- Science Fiction Poetry Association 2020 Annual Contest Dwarf Section Winning Poem
- Scum Magazine: Before a Wound Is Born
- Strange Horizons: Elegaic: Unfinished Draft of Hauwa Liman's Humanitarian Work
- The Offing: Or Was It A Metaphor?
- The Stinging Fly: She Became Birds, Poems
- Sylvia Magazine: What It Means to Be Here
- Verity LA: Three Poems
- The Rumpus: Two Poems
- Wax Nine: Three Poems
References[edit]
- ↑ Author – Ojo Taiye, retrieved 23 February 2022
- ↑ Ojo Taiye Wins 2019 Annual KITW Poetry Prize, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ↑ Bend Source Poetry Contest Winners, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ↑ Brittle Paper Award 2019, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ↑ "Nigerian Poet, Ojo Taiye, Wins 2021 Hay Writers Circle Poetry Competition.", The Hay Writers, retrieved 23 February 2022
- ↑ The Only Foreign Aid My Mother Ever Wanted Was Safety, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ↑ how do you describe a genocide?, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ↑ I Still Carry Her Voice Around with Me; Lighthouse, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ↑ Elegaic: Unfinished Draft of Hauwa Liman's Humanitarian Work
- ↑ all of us are birds & some of us have broken wings, retrieved 31 March 2021
External links[edit]
- Ojo Taiye on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Hereditary Blues reading
- GaboFest '21 reading
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