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Ismail Yusuf olumoh

He/Him/His | Writer | Nigeria

Ismail Yusuf Olumoh is a writer and teacher pursuing a DVM at the University of Maiduguri. His works appear/forthcoming in South Carolina Review, Bore Score Lit, April Centaur, Agbowó Magazine, Eye To The Telescope, Palette Poetry, Brittle Paper, Shallow Tale Reviews, Eunoia Review, Rowayat, Strange Horizons, and others. You can read him here: linktr.ee/icreatives0

Selected work

Cover of Rowayat

Grieving - Rowayat

Rowayat, 2023

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Agbowó

Epitaph of an Unripened Fruit Forced into Throat of Trench | Ismail Yusuf Olumoh

Agbowó, 2025

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of The AprilCentaur

To you, a boy grieving. How does it taste? — The AprilCentaur

The AprilCentaur, 2025

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Literary Yard

Literary YardMy Grandpa Betrayed Me Twice

Literary Yard, 2022

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Icreatives Review

A Poem: A Self Portrait At Twenty-One

Icreatives Review, 2022

MultimediaCollaborative Projects
Cover of Afrihill Press

i redeem their emptiness with food - Ismail Yusuf Olumoh. - Afrihill Press

Afrihill Press, 2023

PoetryExperimental Hybrid
Cover of Ta Adesa

River Ordeals; A boy serving God, served a bullet– Two Poems By Nigerian Writer, Ismail Yusuf Olumoh | Ta Adesa

Ta Adesa, 2023

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Eunoia Review

the cartography of grace

Eunoia Review, 2024

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Eunoia Review

Oblivion: a sense of not belonging

Eunoia Review, 2024

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Nantygreens

Reminiscence | Ismail Yusuf Olumoh | Poetry - Poetry | Nantygreens

Nantygreens, 2022

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of The MockingOwl Roost

Our Contributors - O - The MockingOwl Roost

The MockingOwl Roost, 2021

MultimediaArt
Cover of Cultural Daily - Independent Voices, New Perspectives

Chromaphonetics: I Know Every Colour In My Culture By Its Name & Nature - Cultural Daily

Cultural Daily - Independent Voices, New Perspectives, 2025

PoetryExperimental Hybrid
Cover of The Shallow Tales Review

promise in my country is another way of gambling lives | Ismail Yusuf Olumoh - The Shallow Tales Review

The Shallow Tales Review, 2025

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Strange Horizons

hypercapnia

Strange Horizons, 2025

PoetryGeneral
Cover of Brittle Paper

Home Is a Gunpowder Grit Between My Teeth | Ismail Yusuf Olumoh | Poetry

Brittle Paper, 2025

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Afrihill Press

A Cyborg God, My Country and Her People: A Holocaust, An Iconography of War and Grief - Ismail Yusuf Olumoh. - Afrihill Press

Afrihill Press, 2024

PoetryGeneral
Cover of Eboquills

One Poem by Ismail Yusuf Olumoh - Eboquills

Eboquills, 2022

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Teambooktu

The Smallest Mark That Decides Our Exile as a  Cartography of Breath - Teambooktu

Teambooktu, 2025

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of The Hyacinth Review

River Ordeals - The Hyacinth Review

The Hyacinth Review, 2023

PoetryFree Verse
Cover of Palette Poetry

a bird-riding grief - Palette Poetry

Palette Poetry, 2024

PoetryExperimental Hybrid