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Three poems by @instajhide, featured in The Bala Selection by Konya Shamsrumi.

Read “Experiment,” “Kite,” and “Regenesis,” selected by Ismail Bala.

Link in Bio by @instajhide

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I read "The World is a Bat" at a poetry exhibition & reading, a part of DH Lawrence Festival at the DH Lawrence Museum in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

#poetry #festival
#exhibition taken in Nottingham, United Kingdom by @instajhide

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Behold the glory that is our headliner this month! @instajhide returns to Pints n’ Poets 15th September - Be there!

Jide Badmus is a poet, editor, and book reviewer; author of five poetry books including Dawn is an Open Wound (Noriledge Publishers, 2026)and eight pamphlets. He is the poetry editor for Con-scio Magazine, a mentor in the SprinNG Writers fellowship, and a member of the Board of Advisors for Libretto Magazine.

Jide’s works have been published in The Rumpus, Black Bough Poetry, The Nigeria Review, Agbowo, and several other publications. He was endorsed by Arts Council England as a global talent.

He writes from Nottingham, United Kingdom by @instajhide

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Join us on our first IG live as @instajhide reads from “Dawn is an open wound.” by @instajhide

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Because it's Sunday.

Get a copy of DAWN IS AN OPEN WOUND. Links in bio by @instajhide

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by @instajhide

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Moments from the Open Mic, Poetry Reading & Presentation at “The Optimist’s Incomplete” and honestly, no caption does it justice. Poets, writers, artists, strangers nodding along to lines that hit a little too close to home. Laughter, silence, applause all in the same breath. Were you in the room? Tell us what stood out for you! Tag yourself or someone you recognize.

PS: The Optimist’s Incomplete is still on until 13 September 2026. Stay tuned for more juicy updates!😌

#theoptimistincomplete #nowshowing #exhibition #eastwood #SEVHAGE taken in D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum by @instajhide

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Grief is prime timber.

Get a copy of DAWN IS AN OPEN WOUND today. DM for autograohed copies if you're in the UK. Link in bio

#poetry #poetrycommunity #inkspired taken in Nottingham, United Kingdom by @instajhide

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IT’S TOMORROW!📣📣📣

Whether you’re a poet, a writer, an artist, or simply someone who loves a good story, this one’s for you.
Come read something you wrote at 2am.
Come listen to a stranger’s truth.
Come share what “unfinished becoming” means to you.

Date: Saturday, 15 August 2026
Time: 10:00am
Venue: D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, 8A Victoria Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3AW

#theoptimistincomplete #nowshowing #exhibition #eastwood #SEVHAGE taken in D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum by @instajhide

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YOU BELONG HERE!😃

“The Optimist’s Incomplete” is opening its doors for an afternoon of poetry, stories, conversation and creative exchange, right inside the exhibition space that’s already got everyone talking. Curated by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema. Part of the D.H. Lawrence Festival 2026. Produced by SEVHAGE ABC4DE, TransitUs & BBAAF, with support from INKspiredng.

Date: Saturday, 15 August 2026
Time: 10:00am
Venue: D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, 8A Victoria Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3AW

Got a poem, story, or just something to say? This is your open mic, bring it on! Enquiries: abc4devt@gmail.com or chief@bbaaf.com

#theoptimistincomplete #nowshowing #exhibition #eastwood #SEVHAGE by @instajhide

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taken in Nottingham, United Kingdom by @instajhide

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Buy books & come get premium shawarma! 🤭❤️

Don’t know how to order?
You can send me a DM, go to @noirledge or @rovingheights (you can walk into any of their bookstore in Lagos, Ibadan, and elsewhere)

🤭My August reading series is promising!
Like and follow to join the train…we take off tomorrow!

#poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetryreels #poetryreading #spokenpoetry by @instajhide

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