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✦ The Collection

Poems

Voices that breathe, ache, and transcend.

Grief & Loss

Still Life With Empty Chair

"I set your place at the table still —
habit, or hope, I cannot tell
the difference anymore."

— Folake Adeyemi

Identity

What My Name Carries

"Say it right —
it is not strange,
it is everything my grandmother
prayed into me."

— Emeka Nwosu

Love

Cartography of You

"I have mapped every freckle,
charted the geography
of your sleeping face —
and I am always lost."

— Amara Osei

Resilience

After the Flood

"We are the kind of people
who rebuild —
not because we are not tired,
but because we remember how."

— Bisi Taiwo

Spirituality

Prayer Without Kneeling

"God is in the kitchen tonight —
I hear her in the sound
of my mother grinding pepper."

— Ifeoma Chukwu

Youth

We Who Grew Up Between

"Too African for here,
too here for home —
I have become the hyphen."

— Kofi Mensah

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Spoken Word

Poetry in its most raw and living form.

Motherland Monologue

Chinwe Eze · Open Mic Lagos 2024 · 7:32

This Body is a Country

Tunde Fashola · Poetry Coven Live · 5:14

Letters I Never Sent

Adaeze Okafor · Slam Finals 2024 · 6:48

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✦ Our Story

A sanctuary for poets, spoken-word artists, and storytellers.

Poetry Coven was born from the belief that words — when wielded with intention and emotion — can change the world. We are a community for those who turn their inner storms into art.

From Lagos to the diaspora, we gather poets, spoken word artists, and storytellers who refuse to let their voices be silent. Whether you are just discovering the power of your words or have been writing for decades, there is a place for you here.

A place where creativity meets emotions.

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✦ Thoughts & Stories

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Craft, culture, and the lives behind the words.

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Craft

How to Write a Poem That Doesn't Sound Like a Poem

The most memorable poems often arrive disguised as ordinary speech. Here's how to find that voice.

June 10, 20256 min read
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Spoken Word

The Lagos Open Mic Scene is Having a Renaissance

A new generation of spoken word artists is filling rooms, breaking silence, and rewriting what Nigerian poetry looks like.

May 28, 20258 min read
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Community

Finding Your Tribe: Why Poet Communities Matter

Writing can be a lonely act. But publishing, performing, and growing — those are communal ones.

May 15, 20255 min read
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