Romeo Oriogun, born in Lagos, Nigeria, is the author of the poetry collections The Origin of Butterflies and Sacrament of Bodies (University of Nebraska Press, 2020). He is an MFA candidate in poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he received the John Logan Prize for Poetry.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Someday the Desert will Sing, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2021–2022
- Under the Mango Tree, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2019–2020
- The Niger Sings of Blood, poetry, in Spring 2020