Michael Imossan
@michaelimossan.bsky.social
Michael Imossan is a poet/writer with an award-winning poetry chapbook “For the Love of Country and Memory” (poetrycolumnnd, 2022) as well as the gazelle “A Prelude to Caving”. He is the winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry, 2024.
"I wish I could tell you we had escaped, but that we are alive / means we will always light candles for those who became wind" —from "True Story," ALL THAT REFUSES TO DIE Join poet @michaelimossan.bsky.social tonight at 6:30pm for a reading at Boswell Books. bit.ly/4uOAZtS
Join @michaelimossan.bsky.social author of ALL THAT REFUSES TO DIE, this Thursday (6/4) at Boswell Books for a reading at 6:30pm. ALL THAT REFUSES TO DIE is a poetry collection that interrogates the present conditions of Africans through a historical lens. bit.ly/4uOAZtS
Hello guys, I have a poem in the recent Issue (63.3) of Prism International. "O sweet camus, if one must imagine sisyphus happy then one should imagine Icarus fulfilled. I see the nakedness of my lover and all I want to do is dissolve before it." Please do read.
Hello guys, I am excited to let you know that the cover for my Sillerman winning collection “All that Refuses to Die” is out & available for preorder. Link: nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/97814… Read more about it on Brittle Paper: brittlepaper.com/2025/10/cover-��� Poems in Prairie Schooner.
Thank you @chestnutreview.bsky.social for publishing my poem "a museum of waxwings." I am told all poets have a poem about birds, and this is mine. It's also a poem for my mother, who has dementia. Working with @michaelimossan.bsky.social on edits was a joy. chestnutreview.com/dilys-wyndha...
Michael Emerald’s “Inertia” meditates on the meaning of stillness. He masterfully captures how it can be just as comforting as it is paralyzing. You can read Emerald’s full piece in our Summer 2025 issue (7:1).
Glad to have two of my poems published in the latest issue of Prairie Schooner. A big thank you to the editors. You can click the link below to purchase the issue and read the poems. Thank you.
Prairie Schooner@prairie-schooner.bsky.social · last yr.Our latest issue is now available for purchase! Featuring work by @bcar.bsky.social, @lenakt.bsky.social, @ninacpelaez.bsky.social, @pagestar.bsky.social, @preetivangani.bsky.social, @michaelimossan.bsky.social, and more. Order the issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/fall-2...
The Nigerian NewsDirect PoetryColumn-NND, in partnership with ANA-OAU Book and Arts Festival has published the winning entries of the poetry competition: nigeriannewsdirect.com/all-Adesiyan Oluwapelumi nigeriannewsdirect.com/parrot-town/ nigeriannewsdirect.com/rilkes-sweet...
Hey guys, Thanks to the editor at Luminary Lines Magazine, I have two poems up. You can read them and other wonderful poems from wonderful poems via the link; luminarylines.ng/category/poetr… Thank you 🤗
It was beautiful facilitating a workshop at Akwaibom where I taught poets and poetry enthusiasts the miracle and magic of poetry. link to pictures below; nigeriannewsdirect.com/photos-writing… PHOTOS: WRITING OUTSIDE STRUCTURE WORKSHOP WITH MICHAEL IMOSSAN - Nigerian NewsDirect
@michaelimossan.bsky.social's poetry profoundly articulates Nigerian identity, transforming multiple inner voices into a unified chorus. In "For the Love of Country & Memory," he seamlessly bridges personal experience & national consciousness. bit.ly/3SaeihY #NigerianPoetry #WritingCommunity
Hey guys! Check out my interview with Cara and the cover reveal for my forthcoming chapbook “The smell of Absence”
Cara Waterfall@carawaterfall.bsky.social · last yr."I learned to work with fear, to listen to the noise within me and make music out of it" — @michaelimossan.bsky.social discusses creative challenges & transformation in my latest interview: bit.ly/3SaeihY The Smell of Absence is available this December! 🌟📚 #Poetry #WritingCommunity #NigerianPoet
NEW POEM ALERT ‼️‼️ Hey guys, Thanks to the editors at Inscape Journal, my poem “Mercy is all the Body Wants” has been published in the journal’s winter issue: inscape.byu.edu/2025/04/10/m... Thank you for reading.
Happy publication day, Kristen Zory King! "Compelling and richly complex, Ladies, Ladies, Ladies resonates and reverberates with the intelligence and heart of its author. A must read."- @kathyfish.bsky.social www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Ladies, Ladies, Ladies is the debut short story collection by Kristen Zory King. It features 18 vignettes, including the Pushcart nominated story, "A Fine Girl." Kristen Zory King is a writer based in...
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Glad to have edited the Poetryclub Udus anthology alongside Abdulkareem and Su’eddie Agema. Also glad to have a poem from my Sillerman Poetry Prize Semifinalist collection “Broken in Three Places” here. Wrote the poem 3 years ago. sevhage.com/2025/02/10/poe…
I put this issue in InDesign at 6am during a flight delay at an airport bar over a pity ice water an employee came and poured me. 📖 there's some good writing in here all!
Chestnut Review@chestnutreview.bsky.social · 2y agoIt is NEW ISSUE O'CLOCK💫🌰🎉 @chestnutreview.bsky.social is excited to announce the release of our Winter, 2025 issue (Volume 6, Issue 3). Click here to explore the works of our stubborn artist for FREE 😊 chestnutreview.com/cr_v6_n3/ #poetry #prose #art #magazine #chestnutreview
Obligatory attention shot so that I'm not just a postless profile, and happy one year to This Tenuous Atmosphere 🚀
Any Lagos poem is a good poem! Here is what @toluini.bsky.social has to say in our new co-edited anthology. African Urban Echoes is a big assembly of language maestros. Please get your copy at, utpdistribution.com/978173869939...
So many fantastic submissions received. Am slowly making my way through them and will be sending a few responses today! Have sent some acceptances already and am excited to send some more ✨
Ok will chuck up a couple of new years eve prompts for those who want something else to do this eve or to come back to another time! Or for those who want to use it to submit to FH on the 2nd 👀
Prompt 1: Where this year have you felt most at home? Write about it, the smells, the textures, the memories. Or What are you hoping to experience most in 2025? Use the feeling and the thoughts to write a piece about your hopes, your goals, how will they impact your life?
Full House Literary@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 2y agoOk will chuck up a couple of new years eve prompts for those who want something else to do this eve or to come back to another time! Or for those who want to use it to submit to FH on the 2nd 👀
Prompt 2: What are the first 10 words that come to your mind right now. Write them down in a list. Take your favourite words and write write write.
Full House Literary@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 2y agoOk will chuck up a couple of new years eve prompts for those who want something else to do this eve or to come back to another time! Or for those who want to use it to submit to FH on the 2nd 👀
Third and final prompt: What is your absolute favourite time of the day? To the hour, maybe even to the minute. Why? Write about it. Or What is your most common phrase you use? For example when you talk to people, when you write. Why do you use it, how often? Write about it.
Full House Literary@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 2y agoOk will chuck up a couple of new years eve prompts for those who want something else to do this eve or to come back to another time! Or for those who want to use it to submit to FH on the 2nd 👀
Okay so, what’s new?! Whats your news, any pieces recently published, any nominations, any books out soon? Any works in progress? Let me know! ⬇️
Thank you, Leia. I really appreciate this nomination.
Full House Literary@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat better way to come back than with Pushcart nominations woohoo. Best Microfiction to follow this post. A huge congrats to @noranadj.bsky.social, @zollizen.bsky.social, @michaelimossan.bsky.social, DC Restaino, @rushikawick.bsky.social and Ally Fowler! 🎉
Glad to have been accepted as a HUES SCHOLAR. It’s been a wonderful experience learning from @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social so far. Thanks to @thehellebore.bsky.social for putting this together. Thanks to Maria Picone for the support, I really appreciate. 🥹🥹🥹
Hello friend, My piece “Eden”, written after Logan February is part of the Sans.Press’s “Another name for darkness” anthology Thanks to the editors, especially Paula as they were so kind to me and gentle with my work. I currently have the Epub/PDF not the print so here goes:
Hello friends, My poem “Southern Kaduna” has been awarded an honourable mention for the IHRAF Creators of Justice Awards. Congratulations to my brother Chiwenite for the mention. Link to the full poem: static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91fef…
I have my poems in the just released issue of Ake Review. Photo credit: Elisha Also, I went on a meet and gist with Jakky Bankong-Obi. It was surreal and therapeutic. Photo credit: Anon.
