Migration Blues
In the season when the earth’s axis tilts awayfrom the sun, eating daylight shortly after it is born, I miss the tropical home that spat my body into the ravenous mouth of exile.I press my…
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Obiageli A. Iloakasia
Obiageli A. Iloakasia was born and raised in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. She is the recipient of the 2024 Creative Writing Award for Poetry at the University of Memphis. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, The Lincoln Review, Good River Review, 3rd Wednesday, Soundings East, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Find her on IG and X: @obby_iloakasia