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; Paradox of Little Fires; Paper Planes in the Rain (co-authored with Pamilerin Jacob); Silk Psalms (with Alozor Michael); and Anatomy of the Sun (and everything beneath) co-authored with Tukur Loba Ridwan. He has a Pushcart Prize nomination.

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, Poetry Editor for Con-scio Magazine, and sits on the board of advisors for Libretto Magazine. 

He has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from University of Ilorin, Nigeria and a Master’s in Information Technology Management from Binary University, Malaysia. He is married to Linda and they are blessed with two daughters, Nora and Nicole. He writes from Lagos, Nigeria.