Otamere Guobadia combines queer yearning and catharsis in his provocative debut poetry collection
Otamere Guobadia’s poetry collection Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath is a bold exploration of love, desire and destiny.
Here, the writer unpacks the personal and creative inspirations behind his provocative debut. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN “These words are my salves.
Bandages on damnation,” Guobadia proclaims in the introductory pages of Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath. In his debut poetry collection, Guobadia’s lyrical sequences and fragmented queer poetry reflect on themes of yearning, destiny and personal history.
A multi-hyphenate writer, Guobadia’s journalistic work has appeared in British Vogue, The Guardian, GQ and much more. In recent years, he has written passionately on topics of queerness, love and creativity.
