Joemario Umana, Swan XVII, is a Nigerian creative writer and a performance poet who considers himself a wildflower. His works have appeared in and are forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Chestnut Review, Strange Horizons, Orange Blossom Review, Frontier Poetry, Uncanny Magazine, LOLWE, Ubwali Lit, and elsewhere. He was shortlisted for the 2025 Akachi Chukwuemeka Prize for Literature and 2025 Kayode Aderinokun Poetry Prize. He tweets @JoemarioU38615.