Month: <span>September 2017</span>

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: IN ‘TO BEE A HONEY’, OYINDAMOLA BECOMES A SINGER OF SWEET TUNES

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 13, 2017August 3, 2020

Title: TO BEE A HONEY Genre: Poetry Author: Oyindamola Publisher: Createspace Year of Publication: 2017 Number of Pages: 94 ISBN: 978-1542954174 Reviewer: Kehinde Badiru As she opens what would become a soothing performance in our heart(s) as...

SHORT STORIES

AM I A WITCH? (part 2)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2017September 26, 2017

They take me to the front of the house where everybody is waiting. They tie me to a big stick. They start praying. Everybody says amen. The prayer and the...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: TONI KAN’S MASTERPIECE ‘THE CARNIVOROUS CITY’ IS A STORY OF HUMAN STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL

Adedayo VictorSeptember 12, 2017August 3, 2020

TITLE: The Carnivorous City AUTHOR: Toni Kan GENRE: Autobiography, Motivational PUBLISHER: Cassava Republic Press YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2016 NUMBER OF PAGES: 241 ISBN: 1911115243 (10), 978-1911115243 (13) REVIEWER: Victor Adedayo...

POETRY

OF THE FEUD BETWEEN CATS AND MICE (a poem in two parts) by Theophilus Femi Alawonde

Theophilus Femi AlawondeSeptember 12, 2017September 12, 2017

WHAT KATIE HAD TO SAY It was a fine sunny day that an old giant cat came to where I lay she said, "Are you the Mister Theophilus that wrote...

POETRY

PARALLEL LINES MYTH by Morenikeji Oloye

Morenikeji OloyeSeptember 11, 2017September 10, 2017

“Ada, that boy is not good for you!" Mama Ada lamented. “Aren't there enough beautiful Hausa maidens for you to make your choice?" Mustapha's brother interjected. “He's the one I...

POETRY

FOOD MAP by Promise O. Idemudia

Promise O. IdemudiaSeptember 11, 2017September 10, 2017

As thick as the cloud, In preparation for the descending Of the "egusi", showing your yellow Gowns of fangs with greenish spots Enriched with the various types Of stocked fish...

POETRY

MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi

Adedokun SeyiSeptember 10, 2017

I am my own chariot and warrior Winning battles without collecting enemies' lots It is queasy If my quiver is full of breathless warriors What sound of gong is sweet...

POETRY

SCARS by Mayor Jake

Mayor JakeSeptember 10, 2017

My heart is pegged with scars. Each scar, telling different tales. Beautifully bitter scars looking like gars That are made to live within the dales. I don't want to tell...

POETRY

FALLING….CALLING

Lebile Melt TosinSeptember 10, 2017

I am ........ calling to the father above to look me at altar of peace where my generation become my cross and the innocent blood my sin oh father save...

WRITING TIPS

NIGERIAN POETS’ PERSPECTIVES ON POETRY – A DISCUSSION

Ewuola Damilola MichaelSeptember 10, 2017August 3, 2020

Poetry is a form of art enjoyed by many: for some it's therapeutic; for others, it ought to be strictly formal and in conformity with universal standards. While a majority...

Month: September 2017

REVIEW: IN ‘TO BEE A HONEY’, OYINDAMOLA BECOMES A SINGER OF SWEET TUNES

AM I A WITCH? (part 2)

REVIEW: TONI KAN’S MASTERPIECE ‘THE CARNIVOROUS CITY’ IS A STORY OF HUMAN STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL

OF THE FEUD BETWEEN CATS AND MICE (a poem in two parts) by Theophilus Femi Alawonde

PARALLEL LINES MYTH by Morenikeji Oloye

FOOD MAP by Promise O. Idemudia

MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi

SCARS by Mayor Jake

FALLING….CALLING

NIGERIAN POETS’ PERSPECTIVES ON POETRY – A DISCUSSION

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