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About Adenle Iyanuoluwa Deborah

Adenle Iyanuoluwa Deborah is a poet and a writer. Her work has appeared on Kalahari Review, Africanwriter, and forthcoming in other literary journals. Her poem, ‘Why I have flowers growing from the corners of my mouth’ came fourth in the Sevhage/Angya Poetry Prize 2019. She writes from Osun, Nigeria. She tweets and read other people's tweets at @teleayo_.

Two poems by Adenle Iyanuoluwa Deborah

Adenle Iyanuoluwa Deborah

portal / credit: de

It’s never enough but it’s plenty: it bore other names, one title different from the next, i can't hold on to the shadows. so, i spelt it as mother. As yeshua. … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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