Year: <span>2016</span>

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [SEPTEMBER] – ‘SUICIDE – BEHIND THE DARK CURTAIN’

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 17, 2016August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is receiving entries for the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON II [2016]. Nigerian poets, living in Nigeria, Africa and all...

NEWS

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016: LAUTECH'S ADAMS ADEOSUN WINS BPPC AUGUST WITH 'THE POETRY OF A WOMAN'

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 17, 2016

The winner of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 (August) is Adams Adeosun, a student of architecture at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria. [caption id="attachment_4203"...

NEWS

PIN QUARTERLY JOURNAL (2016 SPECIAL EDITION) IS OUT!

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 17, 2016

The first print edition of the Poets in Nigeria PIN Quarterly Journal, Nigeria’s first journal dedicated to Nigerian poetry, is now available for purchase. It is a special edition. While...

POETRY

THE WORLD IS A TREE by El Sane Ken Silencer

El Sane Ken SilencerSeptember 16, 2016August 21, 2017

The world is a tree Humans are The branches: the leaves And the seeds... The world is a tree- A tree that fruit many fruits. Eatable and uneatable; Cherish-able, be...

POETRY

DANCE STEPS by Teslim Omipidan

Teslim OmipidanSeptember 16, 2016July 15, 2017

Her hips swayed rhythmically to the tempo of the mystical Bàtá beaten with the hands of antiquity at the village square. Elders nodded in accordance, onlookers cheered in glee while...

POETRY

THE PRICE OF LOVE by Michael Inioluwa Oladele

Michael Inioluwa OladeleSeptember 16, 2016July 16, 2017

Did I remember to tell you? Did you remember to ask me? Or, Have you seen beauty for free in the market? Have you seen 'fresh' oranges in a basket?...

POETRY

A SAD ONE by Hannatu Adamu

Hannatu AdamuSeptember 16, 2016July 22, 2017

Why I wandered into the wood I’ll never know There, I cried all the tears I could Till my eyes lost their glow I like to think me safe From...

POETRY

SWEET SUIT OF SOUL by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu

Oluwaseun Shedrack AkoduSeptember 15, 2016July 16, 2017

In her I saw mistress again Pleasure that makes The teeth tells Of how closeup works The spices of yummies Lies in her breathe Emotion Emissaries Captivating the Solomon In...

POETRY

PEN – EFFECTIVE WEAPON OF VOICE by Ogundairo Stephen Oluwaseyi

Ogundairo Stephen OluwaseyiSeptember 15, 2016July 22, 2017

We got independence by dependence, We claim democracy, Yet voiceless. Thousands of Nigerians are impregnated of words, But yet to reach conception. But I, Have reached my conception, I have...

POETRY

LETS GO TO THE SLUMS by Ojembe Victor

Ojembe VictorSeptember 15, 2016July 22, 2017

Living below a dollar per day They wait for no pay Scavenging for their daily pay Waiting for merchant at their ugly bay After their routine sick hustle They...

Year: 2016

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [SEPTEMBER] – ‘SUICIDE – BEHIND THE DARK CURTAIN’

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016: LAUTECH'S ADAMS ADEOSUN WINS BPPC AUGUST WITH 'THE POETRY OF A WOMAN'

PIN QUARTERLY JOURNAL (2016 SPECIAL EDITION) IS OUT!

THE WORLD IS A TREE by El Sane Ken Silencer

DANCE STEPS by Teslim Omipidan

THE PRICE OF LOVE by Michael Inioluwa Oladele

A SAD ONE by Hannatu Adamu

SWEET SUIT OF SOUL by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu

PEN – EFFECTIVE WEAPON OF VOICE by Ogundairo Stephen Oluwaseyi

LETS GO TO THE SLUMS by Ojembe Victor

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