Jide Badmus is an engineer, a poet inspired by beauty and destruction; he believes that things in ruins were once beautiful.

Jide is the author of There is a Storm in my Head; Scripture; Paper Planes in the Rain (co-authored with Pamilerin Jacob) and Paradox of Little Fires.

Badmus has curated and edited several anthologies such as Vowels Under Duress; Coffee; Today, I Choose Joy; and How to Fall in Love.

He is the founder of INKspiredNG, a literary platform, poetry editor for Con-scio Magazine, and sits on the board of advisors for Libretto Magazine. 

He writes from Lagos, Nigeria.

You can reach him on twitter @bardmus, IG @instajhide and email [email protected]

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