journal publications
Selected poems: Online and Print
- Africa American Review
- Michigan Quarterly Review
- Crab Orchard Review
- Connotation Press.com
- Colorado Review
- Lithub
Selected poems: Print
- Antigone Review
"Like the Birds” and “Ode to the Earth"
- Notre Dame Review
"Dusk Again"
- Prairie Schooner
"What Remains After My Grandmother’s Death"
- Salt Hill
"Aleppo"
- Stand
"After My Grandfather’s Passing; My Father Visits His Mother’s Grave; Ode to My Father’s Grief"
- Spill Way
"Motherhood"
Selected Interviews
Selected Essays
- Africa Is A Country
- Olongo Africa
Selected Review
Selected Translations
Teaching Yoruba
Media
Selected Achievements and Awards
2022-2023: Finalist for the Porter House Review Editor’s Prize in Poetry for my poem, “Elegy at Sea” (selected by judge Shayla Lawson).
2022: Finalist, Jacar Press Full-Length Book Contest for my unpublished collection, Requiem for Homeland (selected by judge Ilya Kaminsky).
2022: Semi-finalist, Dorset Poetry Prize for my unpublished collection, Requiem for Homeland
2021: Finalist, C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize for my poems titled “Exit,” “Elegy,” “Tonight,” and “Siege.” (selected by judge Sandra Alcosser).
2021: Semi-finalist, Button Poetry Chapbook Prize for my unpublished poetry chapbook.
2018: Finalist, Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for my unpublished collection, Do Not Bury Me In This Land.
2017: Finalist, Brunel International African Poetry Prize.
2016: Finalist, Erbacce Poetry Prize.
2011: First runner-up, Christopher Okigbo Poetry Competition, University of Ibadan.