Two Poems…
By Adesiyan Oluwapelumi, TPC XI
purple hearts
then the war
after Carl Phillips
Adesiyan Oluwapelumi, TPC XI, is a medical student, poet, essayist & Assistant Editor of Fiery Scribe Review from Nigeria. Winner of the Cheshire White Ribbon Day Creative Contest (2022), & 1st runner up in the Fidelis Okoro Prize for Poetry (2023). His works are published/forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Poet Lore, Tab Journal, Poetry Wales, Variant Literature & elsewhere. A 2023 Adroit Journal Summer Mentee & a 2023 SprinNG Writers' Fellow, his works were selected for inclusion in the Annual Outstanding Young Writers Anthology ( Paper Crane, 2023). He tweets @ademindpoems.