THE CINQUAIN CHALLENGE
A Cinquain is a short non-rhyming poem of 5 lines developed by Adalaide Crapsey. Note that it is pronounced “sin-cane,” not “sin-kwane”. This class of poetic forms is very popular...
LEARN NOT TO RHYME BEFORE YOU RHYME
Put candidly, I think every poet who wants to write rhyming poems needs first to learn how to write without rhymes. First step for a poet hoping to pen good...
'HALF OF A MELLOW SUM': a review of by Oyin Oludipe Samuel
Film: HALF OF A YELLOW SUN Director: BIYI BANDELE Screenplay: BIYI BANDELE Producer(s): Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan Run time: 111 minutes Reviewer: OYIN OLUDIPE SAMUEL Biyi Bandele’s film adaptation of the 2006 novel, Half of...