Poet · Author · Engineer
“Each time we go to war,— Jide Badmus, Cliché Discover More
We make love to destruction
& Bring beauty to its knees... ”
About the Author
Jide Badmus is an engineer and a poet inspired by beauty and destruction — he believes that things in ruins were once beautiful.
Author of There is a Storm in my Head; Scripture; Paper Planes in the Rain; Paradox of Little Fires; Silk Psalms; Anatomy of the Sun; Lust Alphabets; and Obaluaye (FlowerSong Press, 2022). Pushcart Prize nominee.
Founder of INKspiredNG. Poetry Editor for Con-scio Magazine. Board advisor for Libretto Magazine.
He writes from Lagos, Nigeria. @bardmus
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