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Fadairo Tesleem (TPC vi) is a Nigerian poet, a Pushcart & Best of The Net nominee. Tesleem is also the author of the pamphlet, Sacraments of Prayer. His poems are published in LOLWE, Geez Magazine, Dillydoun Review, Protean Poetry, Consequence Forum, Efiko Magazine, and elsewhere. Tesleem has received grants & supports from the Horror Writers Association and Boston Writers of Colors, and he currently serves as the assistant poetry editor for Rowayat and as a poetry reader for Consequence Forum. Tesleem is an alumnus of the Olongo Poetry workshop & SpriNG Writing Fellowship.
  • almost a love poem

    almost a love poem

    Poet Fadairo Tesleem’s “almost a love poem” explores the fervor and agony of being in love while the world collapses around us.

  • In Shaa Allah

    In Shaa Allah

    Nigerian poet Fadairo Tesleem’s “In Shaa Allah” is a prayer against war and a call to “lift the lamp of solace & may it flutter / through the four edges of the world.”