Biography of Romeo Oriogun.

Romeo Oriogun

Romeo Oriogun is a 21 century Nigerian Poets. His poems have appeared in Praxis, Afridiaspora, African Writer, Brittle Paper, and elsewhere. Shortlisted for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, he’s the author of Burnt Men, an electronic chapbook published by Praxis.

Poetry: Saddest Night Alive by Romeo Oriogun

"They will write this as the saddest night alive.."

It always starts with your silence, your body running away,

even though you are here and the music is still playing

and all I want is to dance, just to dance baby

but you are really not here and the sea is always hungry

and everyone is watching how you will feed it.

We are in a movie, we are acting

but you keep saying this is not right,

Poetry: DEPARTURE by Romeo Oriogun

i do know about the hate that sinks a name

& turns water into homes eating boys

& i cannot speak because my mouth is a grave

my father’s ghost roasted a boy found in the hands of another boy

& his ashes look like the sun dying on my skin

& every day nails are passed as praises as heroes

riding bodies into pain as Facebook posts

opening bodies into fields eaten by locusts

Poetry: KUMBAYA by Romeo Oriogun

I cannot make this up.

Sunlight sneak behind dark curtains

& you sit up, say the light is here again.

The streets hum with voices,

vehicles run into the rising sun,

my neighbor press her ear against the wall

to hear the voice of heaven

falling from a mouth made beautiful by sin.