Fadairo Tesleem is a young Nigerian poet who writes from Ilorin, Kwara State. He is a teacher, a poetry coach and a literary critic. He is a final year student at the Kamal School of Arabic & Islamic Studies (Ilorin, Kwara State). Fadairo is a member of Hill-Tip Creative Art Foundation, Kwara State branch, and also a member of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA Osun state branch). His poems are published or forthcoming in Fiery Scribe Review, Pangolin Review, Queer Toronto Literary Magazine, Arts Lounge, Best of Africa, Blue Minaret, Down in the Dirt, Ninshãr Arts and a host of other publications.