60 Seconds Poetry is a creative platform founded and curated by Adetimilehin “Vic’Adex” Inioluwa Victor. It reimagines the way audiences encounter poetry by presenting it in bite-sized, emotionally resonant formats that speak to both local communities and global audiences. The platform serves as a space where art becomes advocacy, where lyrical reflection meets cultural truth-telling, and where poetry is not only performed but also lived.
Through its various arms, 60 Seconds Poetry nurtures both artistry and community. The platform organizes monthly Open Mic events in Ogbomoso and Maiduguri, creating safe spaces where young voices can rise and be heard. It also hosts Sip and Paint sessions in Abuja and Ogbomoso, offering participants the chance to unwind, create, and bond through poetry and painting. Beyond performance, the initiative drives social impact projects under “Poetry for Development,” tackling issues such as gender equality, cancer awareness, and the fight against female genital mutilation. In these projects, poetry becomes a medium for social change, transforming personal expression into collective action.
The reach of 60 Seconds Poetry extends far beyond physical spaces. Its growing digital presence, including the 60 Seconds Poetry YouTube channel
, Instagram, and Facebook communities, allows the platform to share its message with a wider audience. By blending live events with digital storytelling, it ensures that the voices it elevates continue to resonate across borders and inspire new forms of dialogue.
Today, 60 Seconds Poetry stands as both an artistic brand and a cultural movement. It embodies Vic’Adex’s belief that poetry is more than performance; it is a tool for healing, advocacy, and community building. Whether through a one-minute video online, a mural in a local community, or a verse shared on stage, the platform continues to give shape to voices that matter. Partnerships & Sponsorships Vic’Adex 60 Seconds Poetry was a Bronze Sponsor of The Echosystem event on 20 June 2026 at The Great Hall, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. The sponsorship was announced in a collaborative Instagram post by 60 Seconds Poetry and The Echosystem on 18 June.
An intimate collection exploring fatherhood from multiple angles—celebration, longing, absence, reconciliation, and legacy. These poems speak to the complexity of father-son relationships, honoring fathers present and grieving those distant or departed. The series has resonated deeply with audiences navigating their own paternal relationships, offering both tribute and therapy through verse.
A powerful series celebrating Black excellence, resilience, and resistance. These performances honor African and diaspora histories while addressing contemporary struggles for justice and equality. The poems blend historical reference with present-day activism, creating a continuum of Black resistance and celebration that spans generations and geographies.
Uplifting performances designed to inspire action, resilience, and hope. This series addresses the Nigerian experience with honesty while celebrating the indomitable spirit of its people. The poems tackle challenges—economic hardship, political frustration, social inequality—while offering pathways to personal and collective transformation through determination and vision.
An innovative collaboration that transforms current events into poetic commentary. This weekly series proves poetry can be timely, relevant, and responsive to breaking news while maintaining artistic excellence. The format makes complex political and social issues accessible through creative storytelling, engaging audiences who might otherwise tune out traditional news coverage.
A showcase series featuring emerging poets and new voices in the spoken word movement. Rising Voices provides platform and visibility for talents who might otherwise go unnoticed, demonstrating Vic'Adex's commitment to mentorship and community building. The series has launched several careers and created a pipeline for new talent entering Nigeria's poetry scene.
Poetry for Impact. Experience Poetry Differently.
We publish voices, build creative communities, preserve cultural memory and use poetry to enter the questions shaping everyday life.
Watch the archiveSee how it worksThe platform has hosted, published, partnered with or supported poetry activity across these locations.
In the beginning, Thirty Seconds Poetry tested whether a poem could attain brevity and still leave a mark. The format soon proved too tight. Sixty seconds kept the discipline of brevity while allowing the poem to develop, breathe and land.
From that formal experiment grew a wider cultural practice: publishing, performance, community, competitions, public-interest collaborations and an expanding audiovisual archive.
Six connected practices move a poem from first encounter to lasting cultural record. Choose a part of the system to see how it works.
We give performances, poems and cultural moments a life beyond the room where they began.
We host and support recurring spaces where artists meet audiences, mentors and each other.
Albums hold several voices in one frame while preserving the particular life of every poem.
Public-interest work turns poetry into a tool for learning, advocacy, memory and civic conversation.
Serenade Calls and intimate commissions translate poetry into a personal encounter.
Sometimes 60SP hosts. Sometimes it documents, amplifies, curates or supports another organiser's room.
Ebiotu Tamarakuro · Cultural organiser, creative director and Orange Poetry co-founder
Through Orange Poetry and recurring collaborations with 60SP, Director ET helps shape live experiences and document creative work.
Instagram
Kingsley Ekpenyong · Performance poet, storyteller and host of Pushin Pee
Keesh hosts Pushin Pee, a 60SP collaboration. The resourceful organiser and storyteller won the 2024 ALitFest Poetry Grand Slam.
Writing
Di Poet · Poet, literary activist and founder of Poets in Nigeria
Eriata partly sponsored Words on Rampage in 2015. Open Mic Maiduguri later hosted a Poets in Nigeria anniversary gathering.
Poets in NigeriaPublic channel count recorded 23 September 2026.
Verified Open Mic playlists, alongside project and thematic collections.
Words on Rampage began as a poetry gathering at LAUTECH in 2015. It is now a home for writing, reading, performance and remembering: original and submitted poems, collections, reviews and collaborative projects.
Original work by Vic’Adex, preserved for reading and return.
A home for other voices, with clear authorship.
Poems and records kept within reach.
Poems gathered into connected bodies of work.
Critical encounters with books, poems and performances.
Experiments, gatherings and collaborations beyond the individual poem.
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