Poetry by Ire Toluhi

       Nicholas Erwin CC



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You have been in my books,
A reoccurring theme
A beautiful nightmare,
A devastating dream
I’ve erased you from my margins 
But you reappear like magic
Is it fate or is it habit
I can see where it started
But like the ocean,
there’s no telling where it ends

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​Ire Toluhi is a Nigerian poet and singer-songwriter currently pursuing an MA in Comparative and World Literature at East China Normal University.

With a background in Chinese language and literature, she often explores themes of identity, transformation, redemption, healing, dependence on God, and the complexities of human experience.

Ire is particularly interested in using literature as a means to record history, especially in the context of her home country, where history has long been marginalized, and hopes to explore this path in the future.