My Home is Here [Winner of Family Theme Contest in Poetry]

Christian Emecheta

Emecheta Christian is a 19-year-old writer who resides in Nigeria. He started out writing poetry but later gravitated towards writing short stories. His work explores themes of self-actualization and the complexities of human nature. His poems and short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in esteemed literary journals and anthologies such as Arts Lounge Magazine, Writefluence Anthology, 9th Edition of Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology, Synchronized Chaos Online Journal, The Decolonial Passage, Mocking Owl Roost, and elsewhere.
"Love" by Pascal Maramis is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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UNDER THE MADNESS
A magazine for teen writers—by teen writers. Under the Madness brings together student editors from across New Hampshire under the mentorship of the state poet laureate to focus on the experiences of teens from around the world. Whether you live in Berlin, NH, or Berlin, Germany—whether you wake up every day in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North or South America—we’re interested in reading you!