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Step into the world of Titoluwani Damola-Sokunbi (@titoluwani_ ) where writing is not forced, but felt.

Her work moves like a quiet current, carrying the weight of unspoken truths, tender questions, and the kind of honesty that lingers long after the words end.

In “When Curiosity Killed” she invites us to sit in the stillness of human experience to notice, to feel, and to confront what often goes unsaid.

To watch the full video and read Tito’s full submission click the link in bio!

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When Curiosity Killed by Titoluwani Damola-Sokunbi (@titoluwani_ )

Titoluwani is a writer whose work explores intimate and difficult truths with honesty and nuance.

She approaches writing as a flow, allowing thoughts, emotions, and stories to emerge naturally.

Her piece “When Curiosity Killed” follows Nohuoma, a child for whom a sixth sense of danger is simply a normal day.

Her curiosity and intuition lead her into a painful reality unfolding within her own home.

Some things, once seen, cannot be unseen. An unbearable truth captured in this piece.

To read the full piece, click the link in our bio!

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A snippet from Yemariam Abebayehu (@poemsbyyemariam )’s submission, “She Looks Like Art.”

Yemariam self-published an anthology of her poems, Open Flame, in 2020, and in 2023 released Lessons in Strange Soil as both a book and an album.

Her work has also been published across several outlets, including Poets of Alberta’s social media platforms, Kiwi Collective Magazine, the 2020 and 2021 APIRG Almanacs, YouthWrite’s 2021 Zine, and the first issue of the Rootson6 Zine.

To read the full piece today, click the link in our bio!

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Yemariam Abebayehu (@poemsbyyemariam ) is a poet and performer, both as a solo artist and as a member of Edmonton’s Spoken Word Youth Choir.

She is a graduate of the University of Alberta, holding a BA in Psychology and French Language and Literature, and of the University of Neuchâtel, where she earned a Master’s degree in Psychology and Education.

Her inspiration stems from various sources, including nature, personal experiences, and the human condition, and she hopes her work reaches as many people as possible, providing comfort and inspiration along the way.

Her piece, “She Looks Like Art,” is a love letter to Black women, a reminder that they are worth so much more than the struggles they are expected to singlehandedly carry on their backs.

To watch the full video, click the link in our bio!

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Tejiri Obaze (@thenigerianwallflower ) is a Southern Nigeria–born multidisciplinary creative inspired by fantasy, dramatic & intimate cinema.

Working across photography, writing, and filmmaking, they use visual storytelling to explore identity, memory, and imagination.

Their work centers Black voices and culture, driven by a commitment to representation, creative freedom, and narrative reclamation.

In their own words they describe their submission as one that encompasses the beauty of blackness in everyday natural spaces, which highlights our co existence with these spaces and how we beautifully take up space in them.

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We have another piece today from Paul Smith (he/il, they/iel) a writer, director, dramaturg, and producer based in Toronto.

Reflecting on this piece, Paul recounts how In 2021, he began a project to reimagine the Anansi stories he was told as contemporary fables for his niece and nephew, who were then incoming.

The project stopped in 2023 as he pursued other work, but as they continue to grow, the work will only relate more and more to them. This one may take some time to sink in, but it will stay with them until they become someone else’s auntie or uncle.

“Anansi & The Pot of Beans” is a short story about grief, love, and humanity, told using a familiar band of animals led by the trickster Kweku Anansi. It could be for bedtime, or for any time one of the spider’s life lessons shows itself to you.

Sometimes we forget what it means to process emotions alongside our will to act on them, and watching Anansi, the trickster in all our stories, still make it out to the end is a reminder that we can too.

Every knot on their web is another message for us, and this one unfolds with each poetic line.

Read this piece in full, use the link in our bio!

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As a writer Raphael (@v_creative_u ) values honesty above all else.

He has found it in literature, in music, and in everyday conversation. Initially writing was the avenue by which he could process and understand life’s complexities and challenges. Since then it has grown into a way of life, because it truly is everywhere.

In reading his writing, Raphael hopes that you are able to have the time to think, honestly, about common experiences and thoughts. And hopefully you are able to be found.

3 snippets from:
“WHEN IS LATER?”
“BELOVED”
“MY SECRET”

Link in bio to read them all!

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Paul Smith (he/il, they/iel) is a Thursday-born performer, writer, director, dramaturg, and producer from Stittsville, Ontario, now based in Toronto. Their work explores how bridges can be built to connect and care for both emerging and late-generation artists, how Black and African cultures reflect two sides of the same coin, and how spirituality, identity, and myth can reshape narratives that center marginalized bodies into stories of reclamation, innovation, and protest.

Hope Take a Walk is a monologue from the five-act play The Gathering. As a playwright, I often use prose and poetry as narrative devices within dialogue, resulting in monologues like this one.
The Gathering follows multiple generations of a Ghanaian-Canadian family haunted by tradition, fidelity, and mysticism. This excerpt is drawn from the scene “Between the Moon and the Sun.” In it, Hope—a sharp and perceptive woman and soon-to-be matriarch—confronts her husband Amos, a man of affluence and the family’s future patriarch. In the aftermath of a storm, Hope challenges Amos as he struggles to reconcile his loyalty to his wife with his misguided attention toward a young woman who appeared during the night.

Link in Bio to Read Paul’s Full Piece!

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Still Life by Aisha Ali ( @inaishasmirror ) is a poem consisting of a series of small, animated moments in an otherwise mundane night.

Aisha Ali is a visual artist and writer with an intuitive multidisciplinary practice spanning acrylic painting, drawing, film, poetry, and prose.

Her work explores the formation of identity and the intersecting influences of colonization, culture, trauma, and faith, asking: who are we beyond the roles we were forced to play to survive?

She lives in Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton) with her nonspeaking autistic son, and her dog-like cat, Theo.

Link in bio to read Aisha’s Full Piece!

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