Soft Spot Rotten Spot

Introspective, Heartfelt, Bold as Brass — Is the Truth Not Worth Telling?

Soft Spot Rotten Spot is a poignant collection of poems and short stories, that delve into the intricate layers of quiet fragility and the haunting beauty of the human mind.

With a reflective voice, Efe Orakpo weaves together traditional and contemporary forms to capture the complexity of emotion, memory, and identity.

Influenced by literary giants like Niyi Osundare and John Pepper Clark, these poems and short stories, explore the soft underbellies of love, loss, madness, silence, and survival.

Each piece pulses with rhythm and insight, revealing the places where tenderness meets decay, where the soft spots become rotten and the rotten spots echo something achingly human.